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Martinet

British pronunciation/mˌɑːtɪnˈɛt/
American pronunciation/mˌɑːɹtɪnˈɛt/
Martinet
[NOUN]
1

an individual who demands total obedience to rules, laws, and orders

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1There's a father age 50 to 60's, he's one of the greatest soldiers in Westeros, humorless martinet, severe and intimidating.
2But when they act under rules and make no exceptions, when first-order reasoning favors exceptions, they become caricatures in our eyes, soulless, rule-following martinets.
3Von Strohein was especially well known as an actor, for roles in which he would play-- this was a special true in roles he played in the United States-- in which he would play a dangerous, scary martinet.
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