HERMIT
NOUNS – PERSON
► BUSHNIPPLE a backwoodsman; a hermit → 1930 Amer. dial.
► HANKERSAIDLE a hermit; an anchorite → 1825 Sc.
► HEREMITE a hermit → c1200 obs.
► HERMIT 1. one who from religious motives has retired into solitary life; especially one of the early Christian recluses → c1275
2. a person living in solitude → 1799
► HERMITESS a female hermit → 1633
► HERMITRESS a female hermit → 1611 obs.
► HIERONYMIAN a hermit of any of the various orders of St. Jerome → 1656
► HIERONYMITE a hermit of any of the various orders of St. Jerome → 1728
► OLD BACHELOR a confirmed bachelor; a solitary or reclusive rustic; a hermit → 1867 Amer. dial.
► OLD BATCH a confirmed bachelor; a solitary or reclusive rustic; a hermit → 1899 Amer. dial.
► YERMIT an eremite, a hermit → 1824 Sc.
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