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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Martinet

Măr'tin-ēt/, n.

noun

(Synop., § 130), n. [So called from an officer of that name in the French army under Louis XIV.] (Mil.) A strict disciplinarian; one who lays stress on a rigid adherence to the details of discipline, or to forms and fixed methods.

Mär'ti-nēt’, n.

noun

n. [Fr. martinet.] (Naut.) A small line fastened to the leech of a sail, to bring it close to the yard when the sail is furled. [Written also martnet.]