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heremite

heremite noun: a hermit; an eremite.

Noun

heremite (plural heremites)

  1. (obsolete) A hermit; an eremite.
    • Next morn the bishops twain, the heremite, / And all the clerks and priests of less estate, // Did in the middest of the camp unite / Within a place for prayer consecrate.1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso, XI, iv

Forms of heremite

pluralheremites
alternative formeremite
alternative formhermit
alternative formheremit

Words formed from heremite

Questions about heremite

What does heremite mean?
Heremite means a hermit; an eremite.
What part of speech is heremite?
Heremite is a noun.
What is the plural of heremite?
The plural of heremite is heremites.

Words near heremite in the dictionary

  1. Herek
  2. Hereks
  3. herem
  4. Hereman
  5. heremit
  6. heremite
  7. heremites
  8. heremitic
  9. heremitical
  10. herems
  11. Heren

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