Meaning of MARTINET
| Pronunciation: | | `mâr'tnet
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| | Definition: | | [n] someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms |
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| | Synonyms: | | disciplinarian, moralist |
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| | See Also: | | authoritarian, dictator, stickler | |
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\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.]
\Mar"ti*net`\, n. [F.] (Zo["o]l.)
The martin.
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| | Related Terms: | | absolute monarch, absolute ruler, all-powerful ruler, arrogator, autarch, autocrat, caesar, commissar, czar, despot, dictator, disciplinarian, driver, duce, hard master, oligarch, oppressor, pharaoh, Simon Legree, slave driver, stickler, tyrant, usurper, warlord |
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