martinet

Noun

Meaning

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.

The martin.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

moralist disciplinarian martin caesar inquisitor czar pedant Hitler dictator bully despot autocrat oppressor oligarch authoritarian
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Antonyms

beauty peasant bitch commoner unconcerned everyman
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Hypernyms

dictator authoritarian

Hyponyms

stickler

Anagrams

intermat

Examples

He is killer and clown, big-hearted buffoon and strutting martinet. Idi Amin

Everything seemed confused and contradictory, and he longed for one clear command from a divine martinet. Sinclair Lewis

Joseph's martinet method of improving the young Francis were "fear and unpleasantness". Source: Internet

Tuscaloosa: Univ. Alabama Press * André Martinet 's Functional Syntax, with two major books, A functional view of language (1962) and Studies in Functional Syntax (1975). Source: Internet

Influence Benny Goodman's star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Goodman was regarded by some as a demanding taskmaster, by others an arrogant and eccentric martinet. Source: Internet

The weapon was introduced into the French army by General Jean Martinet and was common in most European armies by the 1660s. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Martineau Martinek Martinelli martineta martinetism martinetship