Definition of hermit Hermit

/hɚˈmʌt/ - [hermut] - her•mit

We found 11 definitions of hermit from 6 different sources.

What does hermit mean?

Noun Plural: hermits
hermit - one who lives in solitude
		recluse, solitary, solitudinarian, troglodyte
		lone hand, lone wolf, loner a person who avoids the company or assistance of others
hermit - one retired from society for religious reasons
		anchorite
		eremite a Christian recluse

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hermit (Noun)
A religious recluse; someone who lives alone for religious reasons; an eremite.
hermit (Noun)
A recluse; someone who lives alone and shuns human companionship.
hermit (Noun)
A spiced cookie made with molasses, raisins, and nuts.

hermit (n.)
A person who retires from society and lives in solitude; a recluse; an anchoret; especially, one who so lives from religious motives.
hermit (n.)
A beadsman; one bound to pray for another.

hermit
hėr′mit, n. one who retires from society and lives in solitude or in the desert for purposes of devotion: one of certain animals of solitary habit.—ns. Her′mitāge, Her′mitary, the dwelling of a hermit: a retired abode: a wine produced near Valence, in Drôme; Her′mit-crab, the name of a family of crustaceans notable for their habit of sheltering themselves in gasteropod shells.—adj. Hermit′ical, relating to a hermit. [M. E. eremite, through Fr. and L. from Gr. erēmitēs—erēmos, solitary.]