Puritan

  1. Noun.  A member of a particular Protestant religious sect.
  2. Noun.  (often disapproving): a puritanical person.
  3. Adjective.  (often disapproving): acting or behaving according to the Puritan morals (e.g. propagating modesty), especially with regard to pleasure, nudity and sex.

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