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"masculine"
],
"word": "анахоре́т"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zatvórnik",
"sense": "one who lives in seclusion",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "затво́рник"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "one who lives in seclusion",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aonaran"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "one who lives in seclusion",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "anacoreta"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "one who lives in seclusion",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "eremita"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "one who lives in seclusion",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "anakoret"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "one who lives in seclusion",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "eremit"
}
],
"word": "anchorite"
}
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