noun. A rigid military disciplinarian.

noun. One who demands absolute adherence to forms and rules.

noun. Nautical, the name formerly given to a small line fastened to the leech of a sail to bring it close to the yard when the sail is furled. Also martnet.

noun. A rigid disciplinarian, especially in the army or navy; a stickler for routine or regularity in small details.

noun. In ornithology, same as martin, 1.

noun. Some kind of water-mill. Cath. Anglicum, p. 229.—2. A military engine of the middle ages.

noun. In military language, a strict disciplinarian; in general, one who lays stress on a rigid adherence to the details of discipline, or to forms and fixed methods.

noun. The martin.

noun. A martin; a swift

noun. A strict disciplinarian

noun. Anyone who lays stress on a rigid adherence to the details of discipline, or to forms and fixed methods or rules.

noun. someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms

"“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:"

authoritarian  dictator  

stickler  

5xmom  abstemiousness  cannoneer  disciplinarian  drillmaster  

Simon Legree  absolute monarch  absolute ruler  all-powerful ruler  arrogator