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Definition of Martinet
Martinet Martinet Mar"ti*net`, n. [So called from an officer of that
name in the French army under Louis XIV. Cf. Martin the
bird, Martlet.]
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. [Hence, the word
is commonly employed in a depreciatory sense.]
Martinet Martinet Mar"ti*net`, n. [F.] (Zo["o]l.)
The martin.
