Noun
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 dictionaryHe 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