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Puritan

nounid 113960·updated May 18, 2026
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a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum

polysemous

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Information Class

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Variants

synonym
prude
plural
Puritans
possessive
Puritan's
pluralpossessive
Puritans'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum
§2
someone who adheres to strict religious principles
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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