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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

Obdurate man, has the past not cured him of his martinetism?

From Wau-nan-gee or the Massacre at Chicago A Romance of the American Revolution by Richardson, Major John

Varnhorst shared my indignation, fiercely pulled his thick mustaches, and muttered some phrases about oppression, martinetism, and other dangerous topics, which fortunately were scattered on the air.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 1844 by Various

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 Roe, Edward Payson

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 Richardson, Major John