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Word: puritan (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • (often disapproving): acting or behaving according to the Puritan morals (e.g. propagating modesty), especially with regard to pleasure, nudity and sex

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Noun:

  • (often disapproving): a puritanical person

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Proper noun:

  • A member of a particular Protestant religious sect.

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