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solitaire.

A person who lives alone; a recluse or hermit.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈsɒl.ɪˌtɛə(ɹ)/Received-Pronunciation/ˈsɑ.ləˌtɚ/Atlantic-Canada, General-American
  1. A person who lives alone; a recluse or hermit.

    countable · uncountable
  2. A game for one person, played on a board with pegs or balls, in which the object is, beginning with all the places filled except one, to remove all but one of the pieces by "jumping", as in draughts.

    countable · uncountable
  3. Any of various card games that can be played by one person.

    Canada · US · countable · uncountable
  4. Ellipsis of Rodrigues solitaire (Pezophaps solitaria), an extinct bird related to the dodo.

    abbreviation · alt-of · countable · ellipsis · uncountable
  5. Ellipsis of Réunion solitaire (Raphus solitarius, now Threskiornis solitarius), an extinct bird formerly believed to be related to the dodo.

    abbreviation · alt-of · countable · ellipsis · uncountable
  6. One of several American species of bird in the genus Myadestes in the thrush family.

    countable · uncountable
  7. A single gem, usually a diamond, mounted in a piece of jewellery by itself.

    countable · uncountable
  8. A black neck ribbon worn with a bag wig in the 18th century.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French solitaire, ultimately from Latin sōlitārius. Doublet of solitary.

adj/ˈsɒl.ɪˌtɛə(ɹ)/Received-Pronunciation/ˈsɑ.ləˌtɚ/Atlantic-Canada, General-American
  1. Living or being alone; solitary.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French solitaire, ultimately from Latin sōlitārius. Doublet of solitary.

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