a person who has withdrawn to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.

any person living in seclusion; recluse.

Zoology . an animal of solitary habits.

Ornithology . any of numerous hummingbirds of the genera Glaucis and Phaethornis, having curved bills and dull-colored rather than iridescent plumage.

a spiced molasses cookie often containing raisins or nuts.

Obsolete . a beadsman.

noun

outside of human society anchoret , anchorite , ascetic , eremite , misanthrope , pillarist , recluse , skeptic , solitaire , solitarian , solitary , stylite , anchoress , anchoret , cenobite , cookie , isolate , loner , solitudinarian , troglodyte