Associations to the word «Martinet»

Wiktionary

MARTINET, noun. (military) A strict disciplinarian.
MARTINET, noun. (figuratively) Anyone who lays stress on a rigid adherence to the details of discipline, or to forms and fixed methods or rules.
MARTINET, noun. A martin; a swift

Dictionary definition

MARTINET, noun. Someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms.

Wise words

Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.
Martin Luther King Jr.