hermit

see definition of hermit

nounperson who chose to live alone

Synonyms for hermit

noun person who chose to live alone

fugitive

noun. person escaping from law or other pursuer

monk

noun. man who devotes life to contemplation of god

recluse

noun. person who does not want social contact

Word Origin & History

early 12c., "religious recluse," from Old French (h)eremite, from Late Latin ermita, from Greek eremites, literally "person of the desert," from eremia "desert, solitude," from eremos "uninhabited, empty, desolate, bereft," from PIE *ere- (2) "to separate" (cf. Latin rete "net," Lithuanian retis "sieve"). Transferred sense of "person living in solitude" is from 1799. The hermit crab (1735) was so called for its solitary habits.

Example Sentences for hermit

So he became again a hermit, as in the early days at Brienne school.

"I prefer Beattie's Hermit to all other hermits," said Leonora.

"It's lonesome enough for any sort of a hermit," said Fenn, as he paused and looked about him.

His cabin is multiplied into a hamlet, and his hermit life is gone.

So seven years passed in the Monastery and thirteen in his hermit's cell.

The episode with Makovkina had occurred after five years of his hermit life.

His first cure occurred in the eighth year of his life as a hermit.

I went with him once to listen to his conversation with the Hermit.

The Hermit is silent; for, as we have said, he is reluctant in making such confessions.

In his vineyard the Hermit is most thorough, even scientific.

hermit

Synonyms for hermit

fugitive

lone wolf

loner

monk

recluse

hermit

Synonyms for hermit

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fugitive

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