martinet
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
After the example of 17th-century French army officer Jean Martinet.
Noun
martinet (plural martinets)
- (military) A strict disciplinarian.
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- Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile ; he could not tell what this prisoner might do.
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- (figuratively) Anyone who lays stress on a rigid adherence to the details of discipline, or to forms and fixed methods or rules.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French martinet.
Noun
martinet (plural martinets)
French
Etymology
From marteau (“hammer”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin martulus (“hammer”)
Pronunciation
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
- a martin; any of the swallow-like birds, black with a white throat, of family Hirundinidae.
- swift (bird)
Further reading
- “martinet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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