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hermit

her·mit

hermit

 
 
pronunciation:
huhr miht
part of speech: noun
definition: a person who lives alone and away from others. Often a person becomes a hermit in order to lead a religious life.
Most of his family never saw him again after he became a hermit.
derivation: hermitic (adj.)