'Troglodyte' definitions:

Definition of 'troglodyte'

(from WordNet)
noun
One who lives in solitude [syn: hermit, recluse, solitary, solitudinarian, troglodyte]
noun
Someone who lives in a cave [syn: caveman, cave man, cave dweller, troglodyte]

Definition of 'Troglodyte'

From: GCIDE
  • Troglodyte \Trog"lo*dyte\, n. [L. troglodytae, pl., Gr. ? one who creeps into holes; ? a hole, cavern (fr. ? to gnaw) + ? enter: cf. F. troglodyte.]
  • 1. (Ethnol.) One of any savage race that dwells in caves, instead of constructing dwellings; a cave dweller, or cave man. Most of the primitive races of man were troglodytes. [1913 Webster]
  • In the troglodytes' country there is a lake, for the hurtful water it beareth called the "mad lake." --Holland. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Zool.) An anthropoid ape, as the chimpanzee. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Zool.) The wren. [1913 Webster]