Martinet
Pronunciation : Mar"ti*net`
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [So called from an officer of that name in the French army under Louis XIV. Cf. Martin the bird, Martlet.]
Definition : Defn: 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.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Mar"ti*net`
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F.] (Zo?l.)
Definition : Defn: The martin.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913