martinet in English

noun

1

a strict disciplinarian, especially in the armed forces.

The Governor was prone to military simplicity - ‘a perfect martinet in military discipline’ was how the senior official in the Colonial Office described him.

noun

moralist, disciplinarian

Use "martinet" in a sentence

1. They discover that the new teacher is a martinet.

2. Our dean is an understanding counselor, not a martinet.

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4. A typical Victorian martinet, he wore a tall hat all his life.

5. He may solve his problem, for example, by being a martinet.

6. He's a retired Lieutenant Colonel and a bit of a martinet.

7. The woman in charge was a martinet who treated all those beneath her like children.

8. The woman in charge was a martinet who treated us like children.

9. Thomson , A . J . and A . V. Martinet . 1986 . A Practical English Grammar. Oxford University Press.

10. Belle, on the other hand, was described by Robin's father as something of a martinet.

11. Clarke could be a martinet, and as such was frequently a buffer for Alvin.

12. In 1860 Louis Martinet published two volumes of photographs o principal works of contemporary art.

13. Lady Hoby was also a martinet and believed that learning could only be achieved through hard work and discipline.

14. Mas Martinet is one winery to look out for, with a Grenache that on the nose is rich, with ripe(sentence dictionary), dark cherry and jammy notes.

15. French: Aigrette blanche, Aigrette garzette, Garzette blanche, Héron garzette, Petite Aigrette Irish: Éigrit Bheag Gaelic: Corra Gheal Bheag Galician: Garzota, Martinet blanc Haitian Creole French: Ti Krabye etranje Hebrew: לבנית קטנה Hindi: Chinna vellai kokku Croatian: Mala Bijela Caplja, Mala Bijela Čaplja Hungarian: Kis kócsag