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Martinet- Katie VanWinkle

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 * > Name: || Katie Van Winkle ||
 * > Word: || Martinet ||
 * > Source: || //Savage Wars of Peace // by Max Boot, "To Conquer Upon the Sea" A Pack of Boys, page 17 ||
 * > Appropriate Definition: || Noun; A strict disciplinarian ||
 * > Definition URL: || [] ||
 * > Context Sentences: || "Though his men would soon develop great admiration for their commanding officer, Preble was not well liked to begin with. He was a **martinet**, a tyrant of the quarter deck, whose myriad diseases had not improved his disposition . He drove his men hard, lashing errant seamen with cat-o'-nine-tails and errant officers with an even more potent weapon - his tongue." ||
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