martinet

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English [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /ˈmæɹ.tɪ.nɛt/
  • IPA: /mæɹtˈnɛt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Etymology 1 [edit]

After the example of 17th century French army officer Jean Martinet.

Noun [edit]

martinet (plural martinets)

  1. (military) A strict disciplinarian
  2. (figuratively) Anyone who lays stress on a rigid adherence to the details of discipline, or to forms and fixed methods or rules.

Etymology 2 [edit]

From French

Noun [edit]

martinet (plural martinets)

  1. (zoology) A martin; a swift

French [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From marteau (hammer), from Latin martulus (hammer)

Noun [edit]

martinet m (plural martinets)

  1. a multi-tail whip, comprising leather or whipcord thongs fixed on a handle, to dust off or to administer a beating (usually to a child's bottom)
  2. a mechanical hammer on a motor-driven cogwheel, as used to beat metal
  3. the swallow-like bird species martin, black with a white throat
  4. swift (bird)

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