Definition of "hermit"

hermit

/ˈhɝmɪt/

noun
plural hermits
1. A religious recluse; someone who lives alone for religious reasons; an eremite.
2. A recluse; someone who lives alone and shuns human companionship.
  Quotations
  Millie told him he sounded like some batty hermit who lived in a cave.
  2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, Fleet, page 184
3. A spiced cookie made with molasses, raisins, and nuts.
4. A hermit crab.
  Quotations
  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.