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English noun: Puritan | |||
| 1. | Puritan (person) 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 | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | Protestant | ||
| 2. | puritan (person) someone who adheres to strict religious principles; someone opposed to sensual pleasures | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | abstainer, ascetic | ||
| 3. | puritan (person) a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum | ||
| Synonyms | prude | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | disagreeable person, unpleasant person | ||
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