Thesaurus: martinet

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1. n. 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.
2. n. The martin.
3. n. someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
4. In word/military">military word/language">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.] The martin.
5. In word/military">military word/language">language, a strict disciplinarian; in general, onewho lays stress on a rigid adherence to the details of discipline, orto forms and fixed methods. [Hence, the word is commonly employed ina depreciatory sense.]
6. n:100 n. someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms