'Recluse' definitions:

Definition of 'recluse'

From: WordNet
adjective
Withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; "lived an unsocial reclusive life" [syn: recluse, reclusive, withdrawn]
noun
One who lives in solitude [syn: hermit, recluse, solitary, solitudinarian, troglodyte]

Definition of 'Recluse'

From: GCIDE
  • Recluse \Re*cluse"\, v. t. To shut up; to seclude. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Recluse'

From: GCIDE
  • Recluse \Re*cluse"\ (r[-e]*kl[=u]s"), a. [F. reclus, L. reclusus, from recludere, reclusum, to unclose, open, in LL., to shut up. See Close.] Shut up, sequestered; retired from the world or from public notice; solitary; living apart; as, a recluse monk or hermit; a recluse life [1913 Webster]
  • In meditation deep, recluse From human converse. --J. Philips. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Recluse'

From: GCIDE
  • Recluse \Re*cluse"\, n. [F. reclus, LL. reclusus. See Recluse, a.]
  • 1. A person who lives in seclusion from intercourse with the world, as a hermit or monk; specifically, one of a class of secluded devotees who live in single cells, usually attached to monasteries. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The place where a recluse dwells. [Obs.] --Foxe. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'recluse'

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