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1. A harsh and rigid disciplinarian: Lester's boss is such a martinet that he penalizes his employees for coming to work two minutes late.
2. A person who lays stress on a strict adherence to the technicalities of rules and forms and of set methods: The teacher, Mrs. Hinds, was quite a martinet because she only accepted homework which was handwritten in blue ink and in notebooks of a certain size with lined pages.
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2. A person who lays stress on a strict adherence to the technicalities of rules and forms and of set methods: The teacher, Mrs. Hinds, was quite a martinet because she only accepted homework which was handwritten in blue ink and in notebooks of a certain size with lined pages.
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