a person who lives away from society and in solitude, typically for religious reasons;
e.g. He retired from his regular life and went to live as a hermit in the woods.
(noun)
a type of hummingbird (a small, colorful, hovering bird) that lives in tropical forests and has a regular route for foraging among the shade of the lower layers;
e.g. The camera in the forest regularly sights a hermit that comes to this plant.
(noun)
a spiced cookie that contains molasses;
e.g. I nibbled on a hermit cookie as I read my book.