purist Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun someone who insists on great precision and correctness (especially in the use of words)

WordNet

Pur"ist noun
Etymology
Cf. F. puriste.
Definitions
  1. One who aims at excessive purity or nicety, esp. in the choice of language.
    He [Fox] . . . purified vocabulary with a scrupulosity unknown to any purist. Macaulay.
  2. One who maintains that the New Testament was written in pure Greek. M. Stuart.

Webster 1913