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Puritan

/pjˈʊrətən/
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(noun) A puritanical person.

Tom is a puritan.
Jerome won't have sex with you, he's a total puritan.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ settlers of New England lived by strict religious codes and rejected what they saw as moral excess.

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