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 ] | 