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Recluse

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Noun

1. hermit, recluse, solitary, solitudinarian, troglodyte

one who lives in solitude

Adjective

2. recluse, reclusive, withdrawn

withdrawn from society; seeking solitude

Example Sentences:
'lived an unsocial reclusive life'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Recluse

see synonyms of recluse
noun
1. 
a person who lives in seclusion
2. 
a person who lives in solitude to devote himself or herself to prayer and religious meditation; a hermit, anchorite, or anchoress
adjective
3. 
solitary; retiring

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Recluse

see synonyms of recluse
adjective
1. 
shut away from the world; secluded; solitary
noun
2. 
a person who lives a secluded, solitary life

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Recluse

see synonyms of recluse
n.
A person who withdraws from the world to live in seclusion and often in solitude.
adj. re·cluse (rĭ-kls, rĕkls′)
Withdrawn from the world; reclusive.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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