moralist Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a philosopher who specializes in morals and moral problems
  2. noun someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
    disciplinarian; martinet.

WordNet

Mor"al*ist noun
Etymology
Cf. F. moraliste.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913