Definition of Martenet

Definition of Martenet

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.]

Mar"ti*net`, n. [F.] (Zoöl.) The martin.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

MARTINET. A military term for a strict disciplinarian:
from the name of a French general, famous for restoring
military discipline to the French army. He first disciplined
the French infantry, and regulated their method of
encampment: he was killed at the siege of Doesbourg in the
year 1672.

- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)

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.

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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