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]