Noah Webster
Hermit
HER'MIT, noun [Gr. solitary, destitute.]
1. A person who retires from society and lives in solitude; a recluse; an anchoret. The word is usually applied to a person who lives in solitude, disengaged from the cares and interruptions of society, for the purpose of religious contemplation and devotion.
2. A beadsman; one bound to pray for another.