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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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Dictionary Results for martinet:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
martinet
    n 1: someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
         [syn: martinet, disciplinarian, moralist]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Martinet \Mar"ti*net`\, n. [F.] (Zool.)
   The martin.
   [1913 Webster]
3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.]
   [1913 Webster]
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