Definitions for martinets

martinets mar·ti·net

Spelling: [mahr-tn-et, mahr-tn-et]
IPA: /ˌmɑr tnˈɛt, ˈmɑr tnˌɛt/

Martinets is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 777 anagrams from letters in martinets (aeimnrstt).

Definitions for martinets

noun

  1. a strict disciplinarian, especially a military one.
  2. someone who stubbornly adheres to methods or rules.

Origin of martinets

1670-80; after General Jean Martinet (died 1672), French inventor of a system of drill

Examples for martinets

He is lying on the rug, on his fat stomach, and is becoming quite a martinet.

Schiano, the former coach at Rutgers, brought a reputation with him as a harsh disciplinarian and a martinet.

He was a good deal of a martinet, but he was justice incarnate.

The colonel was something of a martinet, but he was justice incarnate.

Vizcarra, though a dandy himself, was no martinet with his men.

They always say he's more of a martinet at home than ever he was in the Army.

The cat was a martinet in her way, and she demanded all the privileges of her sex.

The new Viceroy was a soldier and a martinet, and his authority had been defied.

If he had been a martinet, it would have been worse for us all.

One suspected that the flowers had been drilled by a martinet of a gardener.

Word Value for martinets
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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