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house hermit

house hermit noun: a person who remains at home and rarely goes out.

Noun

house hermit (plural house hermits)

  1. A person who remains at home and rarely goes out.
    • The world was getting smaller and smaller and he had a feeling he was soon gonna be a house hermit, trapped indoors with books and the T.V.1990, Spectrum, volume 32, page 29
    • It feels strange to be back on my usual commute, after so long being a house hermit.2021, Mary Hargreaves, Enough Already

Forms of house hermit

pluralhouse hermits

Questions about house hermit

What does house hermit mean?
House hermit means a person who remains at home and rarely goes out.
What part of speech is house hermit?
House hermit is a noun.
What is the plural of house hermit?
The plural of house hermit is house hermits.

Words near house hermit in the dictionary

  1. house geckoes
  2. house geckos
  3. house god
  4. house guest
  5. house guests
  6. house hermit
  7. house hermits
  8. house husband
  9. house husbands
  10. house in Virginia
  11. house keeper

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