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martinet

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Noun

  1. A strict disciplinarian.
  2. Anyone who lays stress on a rigid adherence to the details of discipline, or to forms and fixed methods or rules.
  3. A short whip with multiple lashes once used in France.
  4. A martin; a swift.

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