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Word | Martinet |
Portuguese Meaning | pessoa autoritária |
someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms / someone who is strict or who sticks to the rules / In military language, a strict disciplinarian / a strict disciplinarian / a strict disciplinarian, especially in the armed forces. / a person who is very strict and demands obedience from others, | |
Usage | ⇒ They soon discovered that the new teacher is martinet ⇒ No talking at meals! No mingling with the servants! Miss Minchin was a martinet who insisted that the schoolgirls in her charge observe each regulation to the letter. ⇒ The prison's warden was a cruel martinet. ⇒ The Governor was prone to military simplicity - ‘a perfect martinet in military discipline’ was how the senior official in the Colonial Office described him. |
Synonyms | disciplinarian, despot, tyrant, dictator, oppressor, autocrat, hard master, moralist, stickler, authoritarian, bully, harpy, inquisitor, precisian, caesar, Hitler, absolute monarch, absolute ruler, all-powerful ruler, arrogator, |
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