recluse 1 of 2

as in hermit
a person who lives away from others he was sick of cities and crowds, so he decided to go live by himself in the woods as a recluse

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adjective

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Everyone wanted to know about the recluse who had so adeptly captured 20th-century America. Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 July 2024 The film deposits its heroine, Frida (played by Naomi Ackie), a cocktail waitress, into an island retreat belonging to the tech mogul Slater King (a coolly menacing Channing Tatum), who has become a bit of a recluse after a reputation-tarnishing scandal. Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 23 Aug. 2024 This includes brown and black widows and brown recluse. Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 12 Aug. 2024 Giacalone, whom investigators describe as a grim-faced recluse, was at the Southfield Athletic Club, glad-handing acquaintances and even strangers. John Wisely, Detroit Free Press, 30 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for recluse 

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“Recluse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recluse. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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