GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Martinet , 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.]
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   Martinet, n. [F.] (Zool.) The martin.
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