Noun: hermit hur-mit
- One who lives in solitude
"The hermit preferred the quiet of his remote cabin to the bustle of city life";
- recluse, solitary, solitudinarian [rare], troglodyte
- One retired from society for religious reasons
"The hermit's cell was a simple room attached to the church";
- anchorite
Derived forms: hermits
Type of: eremite, lone hand [informal], lone wolf, loner
Encyclopedia: Hermit