Noun
- A member of a 16th and 17th century protestant group in England and New England opposing as unscriptural the ceremonial worship and the prelacy of the church of England.
- One who practices or preaches a more rigorous or professedly purer moral code than that which prevails.
” ‘Such company, thou wouldst say,’ observed the elder person, interrupting his pause. ‘Well said, Goodman Brown! I have been as well acquainted with your family as with ever a one among the Puritans; and that’s no trifle to say.” (Hawthorne, 18, PDF) – Young Goodman Brown
