puritan

/ˈpjɜ-/

UK: /ˈpjɔː-/

puritan

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Definition

A puritanical person.

Etymology

See Puritan.

Example Sentences

  • "These new puritans have turned out to be surprisingly unskilled and inexperienced - very different from my generation who invented wife-swapping, orgies and free love in the late Sixties and early Seventies."
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