martinet

Day 31Level 3

mahr-tihn-EHT

disciplinarian

a rigid disciplinarian

Part of Speech: noun

Synonyms:

despot, tyrant

Antonyms:

democrat

Example Sentence:

He appears in his first scene as a strict martinet who runs his household like he ran his battleship by whistling for everyone.

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roundabout, lengthy way of saying something

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implication, association