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noun
A strict disciplinarian.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
Anyone who lays stress on a rigid adherence to the details of discipline, or to forms and fixed methods or rules.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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noun
A short whip with multiple lashes once used in France.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
A martin; a swift.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: disciplinarian, moralist
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Broader terms: authoritarian, dictator
Narrower terms: stickler
History
After the example of 17th-century French army officer Jean Martinet.
Etymology tree French Martin Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Middle French -et French -et French martinetbor. English martinet Borrowed from French martinet.
