'Moralist' definitions:
Definition of 'moralist'
(from WordNet)
noun
A philosopher who specializes in morals and moral problems
noun
Someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms [syn: martinet, disciplinarian, moralist]
Definition of 'Moralist'
From: GCIDE
- Moralist \Mor"al*ist\, 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- The love (in the moralist of virtue, but in the Christian) of God himself. --Hammond. [1913 Webster]