hermit

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• Hyphenation: her‧mit

Noun

Singular hermit

Plural hermits

1. (countable) A hermit is a person who lives alone, far from other people, and does not like to interact with other people.

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

2. (countable) A hermit is a religious person who lives alone and does not like to interact with other people for religious reasons.

Related words

• hermit crab
• hermitage
• hermitize

Synonyms

• recluse