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martinet
(encz) | martinet,puntičkář n: Zdeněk Brož |
Martinet
(gcide) | Martinet \Mar"ti*net`\, n. [F.] (Zool.)
The martin.
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Martinet
(gcide) | Martinet \Mar"ti*net`\, n. [So called from an officer of that
name in the French army under Louis XIV. Cf. Martin the
bird, Martlet.]
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.]
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martinet
(wn) | martinet
n 1: someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
[syn: martinet, disciplinarian, moralist] |
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martinet
(encz) | martinet,puntičkář n: Zdeněk Brož |
Martineta
(gcide) | Martineta \Mar`ti*ne"ta\, n. [Cf. Sp. martinete.] (Zool.)
A species of tinamou (Calopezus elegans), having a long
slender crest.
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Martinetism
(gcide) | Martinetism \Mar"ti*net`ism\, n.
The principles or practices of a martinet; rigid adherence to
discipline, etc.
[1913 Webster] Martingale |
martinet
(wn) | martinet
n 1: someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
[syn: martinet, disciplinarian, moralist] |
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