Definition of "hermit" in English

noun

1. A religious recluse; someone who lives alone for religious reasons; an eremite.

2. A recluse; someone who lives alone and shuns human companionship.

3. A spiced cookie made with molasses, raisins, and nuts.

4. A hermit crab.

5. Any in the subfamily Phaethornithinae of hummingbirds.