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1. (n.) hermit
a person who has withdrawn to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.
2. hermit
any person living in seclusion; recluse.
3. hermit
an animal of solitary habits.
4. hermit
a spiced molasses cookie often containing raisins or nuts.
Etymology: (1175–1225; ME (h)ermite, heremite < OF < LL erēmīta < Gk erēmītēs living in a desert, from erēm(ia) desert, der. of erêmos desolate)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) anchorite, hermit
one retired from society for religious reasons
2. (noun) hermit, recluse, solitary, solitudinarian, troglodyte
one who lives in solitude
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) hermit
a person who retires from society and lives in solitude; a recluse; an anchoret; especially, one who so lives from religious motives
2. (noun) hermit
a beadsman; one bound to pray for another
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Sense: a person who lives alone, especially to devote himself to religion.
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 Afrikaans: kluisenaar, hermiet |
 Arabic: ناسِك |
 Bulgarian: отшелник |
 Brazilian: eremita |
 Czech: poustevník |
 German: der Einsiedler |
 Danish: eneboer; eremit |
 Greek: ερημίτης |
 Spanish: ermitaño, eremita |
 Estonian: erak |
 Farsi: زاهد گوشه نشين |
 Finnish: erakko |
 French: ermite |
 Hebrew: מִתבּוֹדֵד, נָזִיר |
 Hindi: तपस्वी |
 Croatian: pustinjak |
 Hungarian: remete |
 Indonesian: pertapa |
 Icelandic: einsetumaður |
 Italian: eremita |
 Japanese: 隠者 |
 Korean: 은둔자 |
 Lithuanian: atsiskyrėlis |
 Latvian: vientuļnieks |
 Malay: pertapa |
 Dutch: kluizenaar |
 Norwegian: eneboer, eremitt |
 Polish: pustelnik |
 Persian: زاهد گوشه نشين |
 Pashto: زاهد ، صوفى، ددنيا تارك |
 Portuguese: eremita |
 Romanian: pustnic |
 Russian: отшельник |
 Slovak: pustovník |
 Slovenian: puščavnik |
 Serbian: isposnik |
 Swedish: eremit |
 Thai: ฤๅษี |
 Turkish: inzivayaçekilmiş kimse |
 Taiwanese: 隱士 |
 Ukrainian: відлюдник, самітник |
 Urdu: فقیر |
 Vietnamese: ẩn sĩ |
 Chinese: 隐士 |
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