meaning of recluse
1. Shut up; sequestered; retired from the world or from public notice; solitary; living apart; as, a recluse monk or hermit; a recluse life.
2. 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.
3. The place where a recluse dwells.
4. To shut up; to seclude.
5. one who lives in solitude
Related Words
recluse | reclusely | recluseness |