puritan

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

See Puritan.

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Noun[edit]

puritan (plural puritans)

  1. (often disapproving) A puritanical person.

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Adjective[edit]

puritan (comparative more puritan, superlative most puritan)

  1. (often disapproving) Acting or behaving according to the Puritan morals (e.g. propagating modesty), especially with regard to pleasure, nudity and sex.
    Synonyms: prude, puritanical

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Noun[edit]

puritan m (definite singular puritanen, indefinite plural puritanar, definite plural puritanane)

  1. (pre-2016) alternative form of puritanar

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French puritain.

Noun[edit]

puritan m (plural puritani)

  1. puritan

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Swedish[edit]

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Noun[edit]

puritan c

  1. a Puritan
  2. a puritan

Declension[edit]

Declension of puritan 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative puritan puritanen puritaner puritanerna
Genitive puritans puritanens puritaners puritanernas

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