martinet
/ˌmɑːtɪˈnet/noun
उच्चारण मार्टिनेट
कठोर अनुशासनप्रिय व्यक्ति
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as one-word substitution
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[C] formal, disapproving
a very strict person who demands that other people obey orders or rules completely
कठोर अनुशासनप्रिय व्यक्ति
- The new principal is a martinet.
- The captain was a martinet who inspected every uniform and punished the smallest mistake.
- The sergeant was a martinet who allowed no talking in the line.
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- Nobody wanted to work for such a martinet.
- My old headmaster was a bit of a martinet about punctuality.
Synonyms disciplinarian stickler tyrant authoritarian taskmaster
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
mar·ti·net
⌂Word origin and word building
From Jean Martinet, a strict French army officer of the seventeenth century.
सत्रहवीं सदी के एक कठोर French सेना अधिकारी Jean Martinet से।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
One-word substitution, asked very often: a person who is very strict about discipline is a martinet or disciplinarian; one who insists on rules being followed exactly a stickler; one who makes people work very hard a taskmaster.
यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: अनुशासन में बहुत कठोर व्यक्ति martinet या disciplinarian; नियमों के पूर्ण पालन पर ज़ोर देने वाला stickler; लोगों से बहुत कड़ी मेहनत कराने वाला taskmaster।