Martinet

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A rigid military disciplinarian.
  • n. One who demands absolute adherence to forms and rules.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A strict disciplinarian
  • n. Anyone who lays stress on a rigid adherence to the details of discipline, or to forms and fixed methods or rules.
  • n. A martin; a swift
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. In military language, a strict disciplinarian; in general, one who lays stress on a rigid adherence to the details of discipline, or to forms and fixed methods.
  • n. The martin.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In ornithology, same as martin, 1.
  • n. Nautical, the name formerly given to a small line fastened to the leech of a sail to bring it close to the yard when the sail is furled. Also martnet.
  • n. Some kind of water-mill. Cath. Anglicum, p. 229.—2. A military engine of the middle ages.
  • n. A rigid disciplinarian, especially in the army or navy; a stickler for routine or regularity in small details.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
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