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Grammar : Noun
Spell : mahr-tn-et, mahr-tn-et
Phonetic Transcription : ˌmɑr tnˈɛt, ˈmɑr tnˌɛt

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Origin :
  • 1670s, "system of strict discipline," from the name of Jean Martinet (killed at siege of Duisburg, 1672), lieutenant colonel in the Régiment du Roi, who in 1668 was appointed inspector general of the infantry. "It was his responsibility to introduce and enforce the drill and strict discipline of the French regiment of Guards across the whole infantry." [Olaf van Minwegen, "The Dutch Army and the Military Revolutions 1588-1688," 2006] The meaning "an officer who is a stickler for strict discipline" is first attested 1779 in English. The surname is a diminutive of Latin Martinus (see Martin).
  • noun disciplinarian
Example sentences :
  • One suspected that the flowers had been drilled by a martinet of a gardener.
  • Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • The cat was a martinet in her way, and she demanded all the privileges of her sex.
  • Extract from : « A Boy I Knew and Four Dogs » by Laurence Hutton
  • If he had been a martinet, it would have been worse for us all.
  • Extract from : « The Dominant Strain » by Anna Chapin Ray
  • The colonel was something of a martinet, but he was justice incarnate.
  • Extract from : « The Making Of A Novelist » by David Christie Murray
  • He was a good deal of a martinet, but he was justice incarnate.
  • Extract from : « Recollections » by David Christie Murray
  • The new Viceroy was a soldier and a martinet, and his authority had been defied.
  • Extract from : « Canada: the Empire of the North » by Agnes C. Laut
  • They always say he's more of a martinet at home than ever he was in the Army.
  • Extract from : « The New Girl at St. Chad's » by Angela Brazil
  • Vizcarra, though a dandy himself, was no martinet with his men.
  • Extract from : « The White Chief » by Mayne Reid
  • He is lying on the rug, on his fat stomach, and is becoming quite a martinet.
  • Extract from : « April's Lady » by Margaret Wolfe Hungerford
  • How could he have done such a thing—he the martinet of business caution?
  • Extract from : « The Tyranny of Weakness » by Charles Neville Buck

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