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Adjective puritan has 1 sense
  1. blue, puritan, puritanic, puritanical - morally rigorous and strict; "blue laws"; "the puritan work ethic"; "puritanic distaste for alcohol"; "she was anything but puritanical in her behavior"
    Antonym: indulgent (indirect, via nonindulgent)
,Noun puritan has 2 senses
  1. puritan - adheres to strict religious principles; opposed to sensual pleasures
    --1 is a kind of     abstainer, ascetic
  2. prude, puritan - a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum
    --2 is a kind of unpleasant person, disagreeable person
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