martinet
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[edit] English
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[edit] Etymology 1
After the example of 17th century French army officer Jean Martinet.
[edit] Noun
martinet (plural martinets)
- (military) A strict disciplinarian
- (figuratively) Anyone who lays stress on a rigid adherence to the details of discipline, or to forms and fixed methods or rules.
[edit] Etymology 2
Diminutive of martin
[edit] Noun
martinet (plural martinets)
[edit] French
[edit] Etymology
From marteau 'hammer', itself from Latin martulus 'hammer'
[edit] Noun
martinet m. (plural martinets)
- 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)
- A mechanical hammer on a motor-driven cogwheel, as used to beat metal
- The swallow-like bird species martin, black with a white throat
- swift (bird)
