† ˈPuritantObs.rare. Alteration of puritan, after Protestant. 1604Hieron Popish RimeWks. I. 553 Many sundry sects..The Caluinist, the Protestant, The Zwinglian, the Puritant.1607T. Sparke Brotherly Persuasion 81 To burie and extinguish for euer the odious name of Puritants.