hermit

ermite, reclus

Personne qui vit seule et évite la compagnie des autres.

En anglais simple : Someone who lives alone and avoids spending time with other people.

• He lives like a hermit.
• An old hermit occupied the cabin in the woods.
• Since retiring, she has become something of a hermit.

Synonymes : recluse

Expressions courantes : live like a hermit, old hermit, become a hermit

ermite, anachorète

Personne qui vit seule, loin des autres, pour prier et se consacrer à la religion.

En anglais simple : Someone who lives alone, away from others, to pray and follow a religious life.

• The hermit spent his days in prayer.
• Several hermits lived in caves above the monastery.
• She became a hermit to devote her life to God.

Synonymes : eremite, religious recluse

Expressions courantes : Christian hermit, religious hermit, hermit monk