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martinet

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mar⋅ti⋅net

  [mahr-tn-et, mahr-tn-et]
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–noun
1. a strict disciplinarian, esp. a military one.
2. someone who stubbornly adheres to methods or rules.
Origin:
1670–80; after General Jean Martinet (d. 1672), French inventor of a system of drill

Related forms:
mar⋅ti⋅net⋅ish, adjective
mar⋅ti⋅net⋅ism, noun
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mar·ti·net   (mär'tn-ět')   
n.  

  1. A rigid military disciplinarian.

  2. One who demands absolute adherence to forms and rules.


[After Jean Martinet (died 1672), French army officer.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

martinet 
1676, "system of strict discipline," reputedly from the name of Col. Jean Martinet a drillmaster of the Fr. army during the reign of Louis XIV. The meaning "an officer who is a stickler for strict discipline" is first attested 1779.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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