Puritan

Noun

 * 1) (often disapproving): a puritanical person

Adjective

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

Synonyms

 * puritanical

Thesaurus
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Translations

 * Dutch: puriteins
 * Finnish: ,


 * German: puritanisch
 * Hungarian: puritán

Related terms

 * purity
 * puritanical
 * Puritanism