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

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery