hermit
noun
[ ˈhəːmɪt ]
• a person living in solitude as a religious discipline.
Similar:
recluse,
solitary,
loner,
ascetic,
anchorite,
anchoress,
eremite,
stylite,
pillarist,
pillar hermit,
pillar saint,
solitudinarian,
hikikomori,
• a hummingbird found in the shady lower layers of tropical forests, foraging along a regular route.
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French hermite, from late Latin eremita, from Greek erēmitēs, from erēmos ‘solitary’.
