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Hermit

Hermit Meaning & Definition
Hermit Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Hermit?

[n] one who lives in solitude
[n] one retired from society for religious reasons

Synonyms | Synonyms for Hermit: anchorite | recluse | solitary | solitudinarian | troglodyte

Related Terms | Find terms related to Hermit: abbacomes | abbot | abstainer | Albigensian | alien | anchoress | anchoret | anchorite | ascetic | beadsman | bedridden invalid | bhikshu | brother | caloyer | case | Catharist | celibate | cenobite | character | cloistered monk | closet cynic | conventual | conventual prior | crackpot | crank | dervish | desert fathers | desert saints | Diogenes | eccentric | eremite | fakir | fanatic | flagellant | Franciscan | friar | grand prior | hermitess | hieromonach | Hieronymian | Hieronymite | hobo | homebody | invalid | isolationist | kook | lay abbot | lay brother | lone wolf | loner | marabout | maverick | mendicant | meshuggenah | monastic | monk | natural | nonconformist | nut | odd fellow | oddball | oddity | original | outcast | outsider | palmer | pariah | pilgrim | pillar saint | pillarist | prior | puritan | queer duck | queer fish | queer specimen | rara avis | recluse | religieux | religious | Sabbatarian | sannyasi | screwball | seclusionist | shut-in | solitaire | solitary | solitudinarian | stay-at-home | stylite | Timon of Athens | tramp | Trappist | type | Waldensian | yogi | yogin | zealot

See Also | Augustinian | Austin Friar | eremite | John the Baptist | lone hand | lone wolf | loner

Hermit In Webster's Dictionary

\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. --Addison. 2. A beadsman; one bound to pray for another. [Obs.] ``We rest your hermits.'' --Shak. {Hermit crab} (Zo["o]l.), a marine decapod crustacean of the family {Pagurid[ae]}. 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["o]l.), an American thrush ({Turdus Pallasii}), with retiring habits, but having a sweet song. {Hermit warbler} (Zo["o]l.), a California wood warbler ({Dendroica occidentalis}), having the head yellow, the throat black, and the back gray, with black streaks.
\Her"mit\, n. (Cookery) A spiced molasses cooky, often containing chopped raisins and nuts.

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