martinet.
A strict disciplinarian.
Meaning & usage
A strict disciplinarian.
Anyone who lays stress on a rigid adherence to the details of discipline, or to forms and fixed methods or rules.
A short whip with multiple lashes once used in France.
Where this word comes from
After the example of 17th-century French army officer Jean Martinet.
To discipline strictly.
To act like a strict disciplinarian.
Where this word comes from
After the example of 17th-century French army officer Jean Martinet.
A martin; a swift.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree French Martin Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Middle French -et French -et French martinetbor. English martinet Borrowed from French martinet.
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