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English Dictionary: Hermit by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hermit
n
  1. one retired from society for religious reasons [syn: anchorite, hermit]
  2. one who lives in solitude
    Synonym(s): hermit, recluse, solitary, solitudinarian, troglodyte
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hermit \Her"mit\, n. (Cookery)
      A spiced molasses cooky, often containing chopped raisins and
      nuts.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hermit \Her"mit\, n. [OE. ermite, eremite, heremit, heremite, F.
      hermite, ermite, L. eremita, Gr. [?], fr. [?] lonely,
      solitary. Cf. {Eremite}.]
      1. A person who retires from society and lives in solitude; a
            recluse; an anchoret; especially, one who so lives from
            religious motives.
  
                     He had been Duke of Savoy, and after a very glorious
                     reign, took on him the habit of a hermit, and
                     retired into this solitary spot.         --Addison.
  
      2. A beadsman; one bound to pray for another. [Obs.] [bd]We
            rest your hermits.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {Hermit crab} (Zo[94]l.), a marine decapod crustacean of the
            family {Pagurid[91]}. The species are numerous, and belong
            to many genera. Called also {soldier crab}. The hermit
            crabs usually occupy the dead shells of various univalve
            mollusks. See Illust. of {Commensal}.
  
      {Hermit thrush} (Zo[94]l.), an American thrush ({Turdus
            Pallasii}), with retiring habits, but having a sweet song.
           
  
      {Hermit warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a California wood warbler
            ({Dendroica occidentalis}), having the head yellow, the
            throat black, and the back gray, with black streaks.
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