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Definition of: hermit
(hûr′mit) noun
1. A person who abandons society and lives alone, especially for religious contemplation; an anchorite.
2. A molasses cooky containing spice and sometimes raisins.
3. Obs. A beadsman. Also Obs. ermyte. [<OF hermite <L eremita <Gk. erēmitēs <erēmia a desert <erēmos solitary]
—her·mit′ic or ·i·cal adjective
—her·mit′i·cal·ly adverb
—her′mit·like′ adjective
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