puritan
C1Substantiv/US /pjˈʊrətən/ PYO͝OR-ət-ən; UK /pjˈʊrətən/ PYO͝OR-ət-ən/
One who, in the time of Queen Elizabeth and the first two Stuarts, opposed traditional and formal usages, and advocated simpler forms of faith and worship than those established by law; -- originally, a term of reproach.
