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Definition of recluse noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

recluse

noun

/rɪˈkluːs/

/ˈrekluːs/

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a person who lives alone and likes to avoid other people
- to lead the life of a recluse
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Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French reclus, past participle of reclure, from Latin recludere ‘enclose’, from re- ‘again’ + claudere ‘to shut’.

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