martinet

Etymology 1
After the example of 17th-century French army officer.

Noun

 * 1)  A strict disciplinarian.
 * 2)  Anyone who lays stress on a rigid adherence to the details of discipline, or to forms and fixed methods or rules.
 * 3)  A short whip with multiple lashes once used in France.
 * 1)  Anyone who lays stress on a rigid adherence to the details of discipline, or to forms and fixed methods or rules.
 * 2)  A short whip with multiple lashes once used in France.
 * 1)  A short whip with multiple lashes once used in France.
 * 1)  A short whip with multiple lashes once used in France.

Etymology 2
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) A martin; a swift.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) heron a wading bird of the family

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1) multi-tail whip, comprising leather or whipcord thongs fixed on a handle, to dust off or to administer a beating (usually to a child's bottom)
 * 2) mechanical hammer on a motor-driven cogwheel, as used to beat metal

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

 * 1) martin any of the swallow-like birds, black with a white throat, of family
 * 2) swift bird