A
hermit is a person who lives in seclusion from society.
Hermit may also refer to
Geography
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Hermit Island (disambiguation)
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Hermit Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea
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Hermit Mountain, British Columbia, Canada
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Hermit Peak, New Mexico, United States
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Hermit Trail, a hiking trail in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
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The Hermit (California mountain), a summit in the Sierra Nevada
Arts and entertainment
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A Hermit
''A Hermit'' is an oil painting on oak panel by Dutch Golden Age painter Gerrit Dou, created ''c.'' 1661. It depicts a monkish figure, of very old age, surrounded by symbols of vanitas (skull, candle, hourglass), which serve as a reminder of the ...
'', a 1661 painting by Gerrit Dou
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The Hermit (Il solitario)'', a 1908 painting by John Singer Sargent
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''The Hermit'' (novel), a 1973 novel by Eugène Ionesco
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The Hermit (band), a Canadian electronica band
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''The Hermit'' (album), a 1976 album by John Renbourn
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''Hermit'' (album), a 1997 album by Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal
* ''The Hermit'', a painting used on the inner sleeve of the 1971 Led Zeppelin album ''
Led Zeppelin IV
The untitled fourth studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, commonly known as ''Led Zeppelin IV'', was released on 8 November 1971 by Atlantic Records. It was produced by guitarist Jimmy Page and recorded between December 1970 and Fe ...
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Other uses
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Garden hermit
Garden hermits or ornamental hermits were hermits (solitaries) encouraged to live in purpose-built hermitages, follies, grottoes, or rockeries on the estates of wealthy landowners, primarily during the 18th century. Such hermits would be encourag ...
, or ornamental hermit, a person invited to live as a hermit on a wealthy landowner's estate
* Hermit, a type of spiced
cookie
A cookie is a baked or cooked snack or dessert that is typically small, flat and sweet. It usually contains flour, sugar, egg, and some type of oil, fat, or butter. It may include other ingredients such as raisins, oats, chocolate chips, n ...
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Hermit (horse)
Hermit (1864–1890), sometimes known, incorrectly as "''The'' Hermit", was a 19th-century British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a racing career which lasted from April 1866 until July 1869 he ran 23 times and won eight races. He was a l ...
(1864–1890), English thoroughbred
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Hermit (hummingbird), the hummingbird subfamily ''Phaethornithinae''
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Hermit language
The Hermit language is an extinct West Manus language formerly spoken on Hermit, Luf and Maron Islands in western Manus Province, Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), off ...
, an extinct language that was spoken in Papua New Guinea
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The Hermit (tarot card), a trump card in tarot
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Hermit House, an example of vernacular architecture in Herzliya, Israel
* Hermit, a class in the online role-playing game ''
MapleStory''
See also
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List of people known as the Hermit
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Hermit beetle
''Osmoderma eremita'', the hermit beetle or Russian leather beetle, is a species of European beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. Adults reach between 28 and 32 mm in length.
Distribution
''Osmoderma eremita'' can be found everywhere in Euro ...
, a species of European beetle ''Osmoderma eremita''
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Hermit butterfly
''Chazara briseis'', the hermit, is a butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae. It can be found in North Africa, southern Europe, Asia Minor, the Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Central Asia through Afghanistan, and north-western China and Tu ...
, the brush-footed butterfly ''Chazara briseis''
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Hermit crab, a crustacean of the superfamily ''Paguroidea''
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Drenthe hermits
In October 2019, 67-year-old Gerrit-Jan van Dorsten and his six adult children were discovered in Ruinerwold, a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe, where they had lived after March 2009 for nine years after in seclusion in a farm house whe ...
, seven people discovered in Ruinerwold
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Esther Hermitte
María Esther Álvarez de Hermitte (1921-1990), commonly known as Esther Hermitte, was a social anthropologist from Argentina.
Early life and education
Hermitte studied at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the University of Buenos Air ...
, a social anthropologist from Argentina
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Herman's Hermits
Herman's Hermits are an English beat, rock and pop group formed in 1964 in Manchester, originally called Herman and His Hermits and featuring lead singer Peter Noone. Produced by Mickie Most, the Hermits charted with number ones in the UK a ...
, an English pop band
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Hermit Formation, an American geologic formation
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Hermite (disambiguation)
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Hermitage (disambiguation)
Hermitage, The Hermitage or L'Hermitage may refer to:
* Hermitage (religious retreat), a place of religious seclusion
Places
* The Hermitage Museum (est. 1754), in Saint Petersburg, Russia
* The Hermitage (Nashville, Tennessee), the esta ...
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