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hermit

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hermit
a) A religious recluse; someone who lives alone for religious reasons; an eremite.
b) A recluse; someone who lives alone and shuns human companionship.

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  • hermit — 1> отшельник; пустынник 2> уст. странник; богомолец 3> животное отшельник 4> печенье с мелко нарезанными орехами и изюмом …   Новый большой англо-русский словарь

  • Hermit — A hermit (from the Greek anachōreō , signifying to withdraw , to depart into the country outside the circumvallated city ), recluse and solitary . However, it is important to retain a clear distinction between the vocation of hermits and that of… …   Wikipedia

  • hermit — hermitic, hermitical, hermitish, adj. hermitically, adv. hermitlike, adj. hermitry, hermitship, n. /herr mit/, n. 1. a person who has withdrawn to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion. 2. any person living in seclusion; recluse. 3.… …   Universalium

  • Hermit — Le hermit est une langue éteinte des langues des îles de l Amirauté en province de Manus. Son code ISO était llf. Il était parlé sur l île éponyme et sur les îles Luf et Maron. Portail des langues …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Hermit — A person living in solitude for religious reasons; later, also a vagabond. Ideas about hermits were not hard and fast: they could be good men or rogues. The romances of the 13c often portrayed hermits sympathetically, particularly aiding… …   Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

  • hermit — noun Etymology: Middle English heremite, eremite, from Anglo French, from Late Latin eremita, from Late Greek erēmitēs, from Greek, adjective, living in the desert, from erēmia desert, from erēmos desolate Date: 12th century 1. a. one that… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • hermit — n 1. отшельник; 2. богомолец; странник …   Англо-русский словарь по социологии

  • hermit — [ hɜːmɪt] 1) Общая лексика: богомолец, животное отшельник, отшельник, печенье с мелко нарезанными орехами и изюмом, пустынник, скитник 2) Биология: колибри отшельник (Glaucis), солнечный колибри (Phaethornis), колибри рамфодон (Ramphodon),… …   Универсальный англо-русский словарь