Definition of Recluse

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Recluse

Shut up; sequestered; retired from the world or from public notice; solitary; living apart; as, a recluse monk or hermit; a recluse life.

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.

The place where a recluse dwells.

To shut up; to seclude.

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Recluse Quotations

They say that God is everywhere, and yet we always think of Him as somewhat of a recluse.
Emily Dickinson

Essays, entitled critical, are epistles addressed to the public, through which the mind of the recluse relieves itself of its impressions.
Margaret Fuller

I feel akin to the Platypus. An orphan in a family. A swimmer, a recluse. Part bird, part fish, part lizard.
Trevor Dunn

I'm kind of a recluse.
Faye Dunaway

A certain recluse, I know not who, once said that no bonds attached him to this life, and the only thing he would regret leaving was the sky.
Kenko Yoshida

Recluse Translations

recluse in French is ermite
recluse in German is Einsiedler
recluse in Italian is eremita
recluse in Spanish is recluso
recluse in Swedish is eremit

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