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Definition of Martinets
1. martinet [n] - See also: martinet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Martinets
Literary usage of Martinets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1829)
"There are, however, two in the rollers, the king-fishers, and the bee-eaters,
and none in the martinets and the colibris. Our first division shall be ..."
2. Fun in a Doctor's Life by Shobal Vail Clevenger (1908)
"martinets. A favorite poem of Abraham Lincoln began with the line: "O, why should
the ... I have often wondered if army martinets who are so arrogant and ..."
3. A Three Months' Tour in Switzerland and France: Illustrated ... and by William Liddiard (1832)
"St. Maurice — Account of the Roman Castle — Martigny — Dent de Midi — Dent de
Morcles— The Diablerets and martinets — Bex—Chateau Chilian ..."
4. Switzerland and the Adjacent Portions of Italy, Savoy, and Tyrol: Handbook by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1903)
"Col dee martinets (8016'), between the Pointe des martinets (8894'), on the right,
and the Roc Champion (9050'), on the left. ..."
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