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Date: 1600-1700
Origin: Jean Martinet (died 1672), French army officer

martinet

 noun
     
mar‧ti‧net [countable]
formal someone who is very strict and makes people obey rules exactly [= disciplinarian]:
The woman in charge was a martinet who treated us like children.
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