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PURITAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum
Synonyms:
prude; puritan
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("puritan" is a kind of...):
disagreeable person; unpleasant person (a person who is not pleasant or agreeable)
Derivation:
puritanic (morally rigorous and strict)
puritanical (exaggeratedly proper)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Someone who adheres to strict religious principles; someone opposed to sensual pleasures
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("puritan" is a kind of...):
abstainer; ascetic (someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline)
Derivation:
puritanic; puritanical (morally rigorous and strict)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A member of a group of English Protestants who in the 16th and 17th centuries thought that the Protestant Reformation under Elizabeth was incomplete and advocated the simplification and regulation of forms of worship
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Puritan" is a kind of...):
Protestant (an adherent of Protestantism)
