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Puritaness

Puritaness noun: a female Puritan.

Noun

Puritaness (plural Puritanesses)

  1. A female Puritan.

Forms of Puritaness

pluralPuritanesses

Origin of Puritaness

From Puritan + -ess.

Questions about Puritaness

What does Puritaness mean?
Puritaness means a female Puritan.
What part of speech is Puritaness?
Puritaness is a noun.
What is the plural of Puritaness?
The plural of Puritaness is Puritanesses.

Words near Puritaness in the dictionary

  1. purists
  2. puritan
  3. Puritan work ethic
  4. Puritan work ethics
  5. Puritandom
  6. Puritaness
  7. Puritanesses
  8. puritanic
  9. puritanical
  10. puritanically
  11. puritanicalness

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