hermit

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Singular hermit

Plural hermits

1. A hermit is a person who lives alone, far from other people, and almost never talks to other people.

   We walked far and came to the house of the hermit who lives in the forest.

2. Someone who lives alone for religious reasons.

[change] Related words

• hermit crab
• hermitage
• hermitize