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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: martinet (0.01933 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to martinet.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: martinet
martinet
n : someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
[syn:
disciplinarian,
moralist]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Martinet
Martinet
\Mar"ti*net`\, n. [F.] (Zo["o]l.)
The martin.
[1913 Webster]
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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