A person who retires from society and lives in solitude; a recluse; an anchoret; especially, one who so lives from religious motives.
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A hermit.
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Pertaining to, or suited for, a hermit.
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Pertaining to, or suited for, a hermit.
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One who renounces the world and secludes himself, usually for religious reasons; a hermit; a recluse.
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Shut up; sequestered; retired from the world or from public notice; solitary; living apart; as, a recluse monk or hermit; a recluse life.
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Living or being by one's self; having no companion present; being without associates; single; alone; lonely.
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One of any savage race that dwells in caves, instead of constructing dwellings; a cave dweller. Most of the primitive races of man were troglodytes.
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