Hermit

Definitions

1. A religious recluse; someone who lives alone for religious reasons; an eremite.
2. A recluse; someone who lives alone and shuns human companionship.
3. A spiced cookie made with molasses, raisins, and nuts.
4. A hermit crab.
5. Any in the subfamily Phaethornithinae of hummingbirds.

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Examples

“Solitary the thrush, / The hermit withdrawn to himself, avoiding the settlements, / Sings by himself a song.”

“Millie told him he sounded like⟳ some batty hermit who lived in a cave.”

“Because hermits are decapods and do not live⟳ within their own⟳ shells, they are not considered to be true crabs.”

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