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martinets

noun

plural of martinet

as in tyrants

formal a person who is very strict and demands obedience from others The prison's warden was a cruel martinet.

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Because, after all, as in all of Haber’s novels, the point is not really what is happening in the world but what is happening in the mind—in this case the mind of the pettiest of tyrants.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 July 2026
Aegon, dragged out of King’s Landing by spymaster Lord Larys Strong (Matthew Needham) in an effort to save him from the fratricidal Aemond, gets an up-close look at the petty tyrants who have sprouted up in the countryside thanks to his impetuous rule.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 18 June 2026

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Its flint-hearted ferocity was a return to what the dynasts of the past—warlords, kings, and dictators—would find routine.

— Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026
Will people who flee dictators and endless poverty be permitted lawfully to cross America’s shores and borders in search of a better life?

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026

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