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- noun Plural form of
martinet .
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Examples
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I dare say she could use such words as "martinets," "mowhairs," "brigadiers," and other terms familiar to her class.
Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale James Fenimore Cooper 1820
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Perhaps such people should earn the label of parliamentary martinets.
Matthew Yglesias » Obstructionism from Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma) Boosting Lord’s Resistance Army 2010
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These are standard uses of “impact” as a verb that even the language martinets like Al and Brock surely accept.
Matthew Yglesias » Stupak’s Strange Views on Human Life 2010
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These are standard uses of “impact” as a verb that even the language martinets like Al and Brock surely accept.
Matthew Yglesias » Stupak’s Strange Views on Human Life 2010
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The martinets now put in command over the Irish Regiment and other fighting units showed little regard for the men who had survived such horrible combat, Donovan complained in letters to Ruth.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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What we discovered was that the best chefs are extrovert showmen, martinets, so now they are full-throated reality shows.
Smile, You're on Camera Bruce Palling 2011
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“In an extended sense, a martinet is any person for whom a strict adherence to rules and etiquette is paramount: martinets often use etiquette and other rules as an excuse to trump ethics, to the point that etiquette loses its ethical ground.” joe from Lowell says:
Matthew Yglesias » Obstructionism from Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma) Boosting Lord’s Resistance Army 2010
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The martinets now put in command over the Irish Regiment and other fighting units showed little regard for the men who had survived such horrible combat, Donovan complained in letters to Ruth.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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He evinced in this, as he has done on other occasions, that masterly military genius and profound knowledge of the science of war, which has astonished so much the mere martinets of the profession.
A Country of Vast Designs Robert W. Merry 2009
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He evinced in this, as he has done on other occasions, that masterly military genius and profound knowledge of the science of war, which has astonished so much the mere martinets of the profession.
A Country of Vast Designs Robert W. Merry 2009
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