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Noun: John the Baptist
  1. (New Testament) a preacher and hermit and forerunner of Jesus (whom he baptized); was beheaded by Herod at the request of Salome
    - St. John the Baptist

Type of: hermit, recluse, saint, solitary, solitudinarian, troglodyte

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