MARTINET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does martinet mean? 

• MARTINET (noun)
  The noun MARTINET has 1 sense:

1. someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms

  Familiarity information: MARTINET used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MARTINET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

disciplinarian; martinet; moralist

Hypernyms ("martinet" is a kind of...):

authoritarian; dictator (a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "martinet"):

stickler (someone who insists on something)