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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈhɜː^rmɪt/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈhɝmɪt/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(hûr′mit)

her•mit /ˈhɜrmɪt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]

a person who lives in solitude, esp. for reasons of religion.

her•mit (hûr′mit),USA pronunciation n.

a person who has withdrawn to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.
any person living in seclusion;
recluse.
Zoologyan animal of solitary habits.
Birds[Ornith.]any of numerous hummingbirds of the genera Glaucis and Phaethornis, having curved bills and dull-colored rather than iridescent plumage.
Fooda spiced molasses cookie often containing raisins or nuts.
[Obs.]a beadsman.

Greek erēmīté̄s living in a desert, equivalent. to eré̄m(ia) desert (derivative of erêmos desolate) + -ītēs -ite¹
Late Latin erēmīta
Old French
Middle English ermite, hermite, heremite 1175–1225

her•mit′ic, her•mit′i•cal, her′mit•ish, adj.
her•mit′i•cal•ly, adv.
her′mit•like′, adj.
her′mit•ry, her′mit•ship′, n.

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hermit /ˈhɜːmɪt/ n

one of the early Christian recluses
any person living in solitude

Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French hermite, from Late Latin erēmīta, from Greek erēmitēs living in the desert, from erēmia desert, from erēmos lonelyherˈmitic, herˈmitical adj herˈmitically adv ˈhermit-ˌlike adj

'hermit' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

anchorite - Anthony - crab - eremite - Giles - hermitage - hermit crab - marabout - Pachomius - Peter the Hermit - recluse - solitary - ascetic - eremophyte - Hermit Kingdom - Hermit of St. Augustine - hermit thrush - hsien - monastery - monk - pagurian - Peter of Amiens - unhermitic - unhermitical

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Synonyms: ascetic, anchorite, solitary, recluse, more...

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