recluse
Origin of recluse
Related Words for recluse
hermit, solitary, cenobite, monk, nun, ascetic, solitaire, troglodyte, eremite, anchoriteExamples from the Web for recluse
Contemporary Examples of recluse
Lee is not a recluse, but she famously stopped granting interviews in 1964.
Harper Lee Makes a Surprise Appearance at an Alabama Literary LuncheonMary McDonagh Murphy
May 3, 2012
He was not a recluse, however, as the documents and electronic chips recovered by the SEALs from his lair revealed.
The affront so hurt Allan that he became a Beverly Hills recluse, and died in 1999 of liver cancer at the age of 62.
But Uchitel became a heavy drug user and, increasingly, a recluse in his sprawling Anchorage estate.
Renato: I would either still be designing or living as a recluse in Europe throwing pottery.
Historical Examples of recluse
"It is a long time when it is a year of suspense," said the recluse, shaking his head.
Night and Morning, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton
She did not work as devotedly as she had hoped to do, nor did she become a recluse from society.
One Day's CourtshipRobert Barr
He was however naturally of an abstemious and recluse disposition.
ImogenWilliam Godwin
It was Father Sergius's sixth year as a recluse, and he was now forty-nine.
Father SergiusLeo Tolstoy
I am a recluse, have been for many years and rarely stir abroad.
Rosinante to the Road AgainJohn Dos Passos