Eremite

//ˈɛɹ.əˌmaɪt// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A hermit; a religious recluse, someone who lives alone.
  2. 2
    a Christian recluse wordnet

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hermithermitrecluseanchoriteanchoriteascetic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin eremita, from Ancient Greek ἐρημίτης (erēmítēs), from ἐρῆμος (erêmos, “uninhabited”) + -ίτης (-ítēs). Doublet of hermit.

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