puritán — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
puritán is used for these senses in English:
- Puritan A member of a particular Protestant religious sect advocating greater purity and piety.
- prig A deliberately superior person; a person who demonstrates an exaggerated conformity or propriety, especially in an irritatingly arrogant or smug manner.
- puritan (usually, derogative) A puritanical person.
puritan — full definition
- noun A person who is extremely strict about morals, especially concerning pleasure or sex.
- noun Historically, a member of a Protestant movement that sought simpler worship and stricter morality.