Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
hermit .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A hermit.
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- noun Obsolete form of
hermit .
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Examples
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‘Sir ... pe-ermit me to ask,’ he began in a haughty voice, ‘by what right you are — er — shooting here, sir?’
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ABIDJAN - Some 55,000 African migrant workers have left Gabon to beat Wednesday's deadline to buy a costly residence ermit, crowding planes, boats and trucks out of the oil-exporting central African country.
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Ain't no one there but a pack o 'bleedin' savages and some old 'ermit named Pooka livin' in a hut.
Once An Angel Medeiros, Teresa, 1962- 1993
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Rocamadour, was built on a rock wall at a point were the body of an old ermit was discovered mummified.
Global Culture 2008
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'ermit in a cave, or go an' live in Tibbet, or give away every farthin '
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'E ses to me' is very self the other day, 'e ses,' Sooner than get married I'd go and dwell in the wilderness, I'd go to Tibbet, be an 'ermit in a cave, give up baccy, and give away every farthin' I 'ad in the world.'"'
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TPK posted on Thursday, July 08, 2010 3: 49 PM ermit) fieldxt fieldted (textYou have to refer to a field on the form in your
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The Indians of the Six Nations refused to sell it, saying the great God would not]) ermit them.
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An applicant for a]) ermit for the oi) ening of the surface of. a street shall state with substantial accuracy the location, shape and dimensions of the space which it is desired to open and the name and residence of the person, firm or corporation ask - ing for the permit. iken "'e" et SECTION 3.
hernesheir commented on the word ermit
One of several Scots terms for the earwig, which see (comments).
June 2, 2011