martinet
[,mɑ:ti'net]
n. 严执律



martinet
[ noun ]
someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
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Martinet \Mar"ti*net`\, n. [F.] (Zo["o]l.)
The martin.


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.]