martinet
noun
a strict disciplinarian, especially a military one.
martinetism
-
a word derived from
martinet.
Example Sentences
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The conqueror was the superintendent of the factory, Jabez Pittinger, who had survived a cycle of Uncle Loren's martinetism with less resentment than a year of Eddie's lenience.
From In a Little Town by Rupert Hughes
Lyon jumped over formulas, over routine, over clumsy discipline and martinetism, and saved St. Louis and Missouri.
From Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 by Adam G. de Gurowski, Count
On the other hand, from the time of the Colonies, this country has despised press gangs, floggings, martinetism, and all of the other Old World military practices which demeaned the rank and file.
From The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 by United States. Dept. of Defense
The general was a genuine cavalryman; and was too wise in his day and generation to alienate his whole brigade by any martinetism.
From His Sombre Rivals by Edward Payson Roe
The high spirit of the Virginian had ever manifested deep impatience under what he considered to be the unnecessary martinetism of Capt.
From Wau-nan-gee or the Massacre at Chicago A Romance of the American Revolution by Major John Richardson
