one that retires from society and lives in solitude especially for religious reasons : recluse
hermit
noun(her-mit)
beadsman
hermit
noun(her-mit)
a spiced molasses cookie
hermit
noun(her-mit)
any of numerous chiefly marine small decapod crustaceans (especially families Diogenidae, Paguridae, and Parapaguridae) having soft asymmetrical abdomens and occupying the empty shells of gastropods