Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Martinet \Mar"ti*net`\, n. [So called from an officer of that
   name in the French army under Louis XIV. Cf. {Martin} the
   bird, {Martlet}.]
   In military language, a strict disciplinarian; in general,
   one who lays stress on a rigid adherence to the details of
   discipline, or to forms and fixed methods. [Hence, the word
   is commonly employed in a depreciatory sense.]

Martinet \Mar"ti*net`\, n. [F.] (Zo["o]l.)
   The martin.

Source : WordNet®

martinet
     n : someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
         [syn: {disciplinarian}, {moralist}]