Found 2 items, similar to recluse.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: recluse recluse adj : withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; “lived an unsocial reclusive life” [syn: reclusive, withdrawn] n : one who lives in solitude [syn: hermit, solitary, solitudinarian, troglodyte]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Recluse 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] 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] Recluse \Re*cluse"\, v. t. To shut up; to seclude. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]