MARTINET

martinet, disciplinarian, moralist

(noun) someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

Noun

martinet (plural martinets)

A martin; a swift.

Source: Wiktionary

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Mar"ti*net`, n. Etym: [So called from an officer of that name in the French army under Louis XIV. Cf. Martin the bird, Martlet.]

Definition: In military language, a strict disciplinarian; in general, one who lays stress on a rigid adherence to the details of discipline, or to forms and fixed methods. [Hence, the word is commonly employed in a depreciatory sense.]

Mar"ti*net`, n. Etym: [F.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: The martin.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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