HERMITS
Noun
hermits
plural of hermit
Anagrams
• Smither, mithers, smither
Source: Wiktionary
HERMIT
Her"mit, n. Etym: [OE. ermite, eremite, heremit, heremite, F.
hermite, ermite, L. eremita, Gr. Eremite.]
1. A person who retires from society and lives in solitude; a
recluse; an anchoret; especially, one who so lives from religious
motives.
He had been Duke of Savoy, and after a very glorious reign, took on
him the habit of a hermit, and retired into this solitary spot.
Addison.
2. A beadsman; one bound to pray for another. [Obs.] "We rest your
hermits." Shak. Hermit crab (Zoöl.), a marine decapod crustacean of
the family Paguridæ. The species are numerous, and belong to many
genera. Called also soldier crab. The hermit crabs usually occupy the
dead shells of various univalve mollusks. See Illust. of Commensal.
– Hermit thrush (Zoöl.), an American thrush (Turdus Pallasii), with
retiring habits, but having a sweet song.
– Hermit warbler (Zoöl.), a California wood warbler (Dendroica
occidentalis), having the head yellow, the throat black, and the back
gray, with black streaks.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition