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Meaning of Puritan | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈpjʊə.ɹɪ.tən

Definitions

  1. A puritanical person.
    derogatory, usually
  2. A member of a particular Protestant religious sect advocating greater purity and piety.

Equivalents

العربية البروتستانتيّ
Català purità
Čeština puritán puritánský
Deutsch Puritaner puritanisch
Ελληνικά καλόγρια
Esperanto puritano
Español puritano
Suomi puristi puristinen puritaani puritaaninen
Français puritain
Italiano puritano
Македонски пуританец пуритански
Nederlands puriteins
Polski purytański
Русский пуританин пурита́нский
Svenska puritan puritansk
Türkçe püriten Sofu

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

Puritan work ethic Puritandom Puritaness Puritanic Puritanical Puritanically

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