hermit

[Her·mit]

You hear about hermits more often than you meet one, and that’s because a hermit is someone who likes to be alone, far from people, sometimes because of their religious beliefs or maybe because they simply want some privacy.

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A person who retires from society and lives in solitude; a recluse; an anchoret; especially, one who so lives from religious motives.

Noun
one who lives in solitude

Noun
one retired from society for religious reasons


n.
A person who retires from society and lives in solitude; a recluse; an anchoret; especially, one who so lives from religious motives.

n.
A beadsman; one bound to pray for another.


Hermit

Her"mit , n. [OE. ermite, eremite, heremit, heremite, F. hermite, ermite, L. eremita, Gr. , fr. lonely, solitary. Cf. Eremite.] 1. A person who retires from society and lives in solitude; a recluse; an anchoret; especially, one who so lives from religious motives.
He had been Duke of Savoy, and after a very glorious reign, took on him the habit of a hermit, and retired into this solitary spot.
2. A beadsman; one bound to pray for another. [Obs.] "We rest your hermits." Shak. Hermit crab (Zo'94l.), a marine decapod crustacean of the family Pagurid'91. The species are numerous, and belong to many genera. Called also soldier crab. The hermit crabs usually occupy the dead shells of various univalve mollusks. See Illust. of Commensal. -- Hermit thrush (Zo'94l.), an American thrush (Turdus Pallasii), with retiring habits, but having a sweet song. -- Hermit warbler (Zo'94l.), a California wood warbler (Dendroica occidentalis), having the head yellow, the throat black, and the back gray, with black streaks.

A person who retires from society and lives in solitude; a recluse; an anchoret; especially, one who so lives from religious motives.

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Usage Examples

I once asked a hermit in Italy how he could venture to live alone, in a single cottage, on the top of a mountain, a mile from any habitation? He replied, that Providence was his next-door neighbor.

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