hermits

Noun

hermit (plural hermits)

1. A religious recluse; someone who lives alone for religious reasons; an eremite.

   Synonyms:

   anchorite, eremite

2. A recluse; someone who lives alone and shuns human companionship.
   • Solitary the thrush, / The hermit withdrawn to himself, avoiding the settlements, / Sings by himself a song.1865, Walt Whitman, “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d”, in Sequel to Drum-Taps: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d and other poems

   Synonyms:

   aloner, anchoret, anchorite, eremite, Miller of Dee, monk, recluse, shut-in, solitary, sullen

3. A spiced cookie made with molasses, raisins, and nuts.
4. A hermit crab.
   • Because hermits are decapods and do not live within their own shells, they are not considered to be true crabs.2016, Vicki Judah, Kathy Nuttall, Exotic Animal Care and Management, page 279
5. Any in the subfamily Phaethornithinae of hummingbirds.