Martinet Definition

märtn-ĕt
martinets
noun
martinets
A very strict military disciplinarian.
Webster's New World
Any very strict disciplinarian or stickler for rigid regulations.
Webster's New World
One who demands absolute adherence to forms and rules.
American Heritage

(zoology) A martin; a swift.

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Noun

Singular:
martinet
Plural:
martinets

Origin of Martinet

  • After Jean Martinet (died 1672), French army officer

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • After the example of 17th century French army officer Jean Martinet.

    From Wiktionary

  • From French

    From Wiktionary

Martinet Sentence Examples

  • I don't know where he is, you interfering martinet.

  • Janeway often finds unorthodox solutions to problems; this is no Starfleet martinet.

  • He was not a bigot, but a martinet.

  • Latham entered, so far as the limits of his work would allow, into the 1 They were drawn and engraved by Martinet, who himself began in 1787 a Histoire des oiseaux with small coloured plates which have some merit, but the text is worthless.

  • Frederick, though his love of teasing for teasing's sake has been exaggerated by Macaulay, was a martinet of the first water, had a sharp though one-sided idea of justice, and had not the slightest intention of allowing Voltaire to insult or to tyrannize over his other guests and servants.

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Words Starting With

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Words Ending With

TETNET

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