martinet : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: martinet	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for martinet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
martinet n someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms Synonym(s): martinet, disciplinarian, moralist
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Martinet \Mar"ti*net`\, n. [F.] (Zo[94]l.) The martin.