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Meanings of
martinet
in English
Someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms.
moralist
disciplinarian
Synonyms
Examples for "
moralist
"
moralist
disciplinarian
Examples for "
moralist
"
1
This exactly confirms the judicious observation of the excellent
moralist
and poet:
2
This question, too, the church, the state and the
moralist
must answer.
3
He is spiritually hard, hates the sap-head, the agitator, the simple-hearted
moralist
.
4
The letters also reveal that he has always been a covert
moralist
.
5
So said Prosper galloping to Prosper on his feet, the late
moralist
.
1
She was a good
disciplinarian
;
she organised the whole thing remarkably well.
2
She was always in motion, a whirlwind of energy, the family
disciplinarian
.
3
The Lieutenant-Governor at that time was General Peter Hunter a rigid
disciplinarian
.
4
Her prim boast and pride was that she was a strict
disciplinarian
.
5
Your mother is not so good a
disciplinarian
as I could wish.
Usage of
martinet
in English
1
He was a
martinet
;
he knew it; he gloried on the distinction.
2
The requisite discipline is kept up, but not in the
martinet
style.
3
And Miss Blink the mild is changed for Lady Baldock the
martinet
.
4
The colonel was something of a
martinet
,
but he was justice incarnate.
5
He was a perfect
martinet
;
a prim, precise, black-stock'd, military, Miss Nancy.
6
She, perceived too clearly the
martinet
in him and the rebel in Cicely.
7
Added to the punctilio of the
martinet
was the rigor of the moralist.
8
He was a religious, upright
martinet
,
with stern ideas of right and wrong.
9
She had been a great
martinet
in the days of their mutual nursery.
10
He determined to be a
martinet
with the men in ranks under him.
11
He had
martinet
written on every square foot of his figure.
12
But though a
martinet
as an abbot, personally he was humble and mild.
13
He was a good deal of a
martinet
,
but he was justice incarnate.
14
Edward Braddock was a veteran soldier, a skilled disciplinarian, and a rigid
martinet
.
15
Vizcarra, though a dandy himself, was no
martinet
with his men.
16
How could he have done such a thing-hethe
martinet
of business caution?
Other examples for "martinet"
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About this term
martinet
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
military martinet
old martinet
little martinet
rigid martinet
great martinet
More collocations
Martinet
through the time
Martinet
across language varieties
United Kingdom
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