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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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3 words match “MARTINET”

MARTINET n. 2 definitions
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.]
MARTINETA n.
A species of tinamou (Calopezus elegans), having a long slender crest.
MARTINETISM n.
The principles or practices of a martinet; rigid adherence to discipline, etc.