recluse : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: recluse	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for recluse
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
recluse adj withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; "lived an unsocial reclusive life" Synonym(s): recluse, reclusive, withdrawn n one who lives in solitude [syn: hermit, recluse, solitary, solitudinarian, troglodyte]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Recluse \Recluse"\, a. [L. reclus, L. reclusus, from recludere, reclusum, to unclose, open, in LL., to shut up. See {Close}.] Shut up, sequestered; retired from the world or from public notice; solitary; living apart; as, a recluse* monk or hermit; a recluse life In meditation deep, recluse From human converse. --J. Philips.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Recluse \Recluse"\, n. [F. reclus, LL. reclusus. See {Recluse}, a.] 1. A person who lives in seclusion from intercourse with the world, as a hermit or monk; specifically, one of a class of secluded devotees who live in single cells; usually attached to monasteries. 2. The place where a recluse* dwells. [Obs.] --Foxe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Recluse \Re*cluse"\, v. t. To shut; to seclude. [Obs.]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Recluse, WY Zip code(s): 82725