Moralist : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Moralist	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Moralist
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
moralist n a philosopher who specializes in morals and moral problems someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms Synonym(s): martinet, disciplinarian, moralist
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Moralist \Mor"alist\, n. [Cf. F. moraliste.] 1. One who moralizes; one who teaches or animadverts upon the duties of life; a writer of essays intended to correct vice and inculcate moral duties. --Addison. 2. One who practices moral duties; a person who lives in conformity with moral rules; one of correct deportment and dealings with his fellow-creatures; -- sometimes used in contradistinction to one whose life is controlled by religious motives. The love (in the moralist* of virtue, but in the Christian) of God himself. --Hammond.