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martinet

[ mahr-tn-et, mahr-tn-et ]

noun

  1. a strict disciplinarian, especially a military one.
  2. someone who stubbornly adheres to methods or rules.


martinet

/ ËŒ³¾É‘˳Ùɪˈ²ÔÉ›³Ù /

noun

  1. a person who maintains strict discipline, esp in a military force
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ËŒ³¾²¹°ù³Ù¾±Ëˆ²Ô±ð³Ù¾±²õ³¾, noun
  • ËŒ³¾²¹°ù³Ù¾±Ëˆ²Ô±ð³Ù¾±²õ³ó, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³¾²¹°ùt¾±Â·²Ô±ð³Ùi²õ³ó adjective
  • ³¾²¹°ùt¾±Â·²Ô±ð³Ùi²õ³¾ noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of martinet1

1670–80; after General Jean Martinet (died 1672), French inventor of a system of drill
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of martinet1

C17: from French, from the name of General Martinet, drillmaster under Louis XIV
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Van Zweden, in turn, was a martinet specialist in the standards who seemed appealing as an about-face from Gilbert, less electric in the core repertory.

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That the legendary anti-interventionist Taft supported a vain martinet whose tirades included lobbying for nuclear war suggests he might have been less than a rock-solid man of principle.

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But Laws isn’t just a martinet, or the avatar of a brutal institution.

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As are the old-fashioned words — like “martinet,†“popinjay†and “annealed†— that Galloway sprinkles through the text, the way Leigh strewed the beloved posies from her various country estates.

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Purge school boards of the sort of bluenose martinet who thinks you should teach the Holocaust — the Holocaust! — without painful words and images.

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