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• n  one who lives in solitude
• s  withdrawn from society; seeking solitude

• He is said to be in failing health, and will probably live out his days a recluse.
• Last week, going back and forth to work in a closed car, he had become a recluse, living with his wife and child in what he calls a loneliness "blacker than night, darker than .
• No conveniences, but ideal for recluse, romantic or for summer home.

• hermit
• solitary
• solitudinarian
• troglodyte
• reclusive
• withdrawn

News & Articles

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• Cass McCombs on Moving Around, His "Beauty Filter," and Why He Doesn't Like Talking About the Past
  The vagabond. The recluse. The wanderer. The elusive anti-media troubadour. Cass McCombs has been called a lot of things. But in every description of the mystery man, there is always high praise...
  June 12, 2013 - SF Weekly Blogs
• M. Night Shymalan Reveals He Ghost Wrote 'She's All That'
  After Earthdirector M. Night Shymalan reveals in an interview with Movies.com that he ghost-wrote the hit '90s teen film "She's All That." Yes, the Freddie Prinze Jr. film that replays on cable all the time featuring the actor as a high school jock making over nerdy recluse Rachel Leigh Cook as part of a bet.
  June 12, 2013 - Business Insider
• Tenants get help with brown recluse spider infestation
  An Overland Park couple living in an apartment infested with brown recluse spiders said property managers sent an exterminator to fumigate the apartment.
  June 10, 2013 - KMBC-TV Kansas City

Quotes

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• Ron Dennis in The Age
  Mr Alonso is not here because he does not want to be here,Dennis told the hearing. "He does not speak to anyone much. He is a remarkable recluse for a driver ...... I cannot force him to come. We asked him to come."
• Barack Obama in Wall Street Journal
  Andy Warhol said we all get our 15 minutes of fame,says Barack Obama. "I've already had an hour and a half. I mean, I'm so overexposed, I'm making Paris Hilton look like a recluse."
• Daniel Day-Lewis in People Magazine
  But disputing his reputation as a hermit, Day-Lewis, 50, says, "I'm not in hiding behind closed doors. How can you be a recluse in a house full of children?"