solitaire

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈsɒl.ɪˌtɛə(ɹ)/

Noun

countable uncountable US obsolete

A person who lives alone; a recluse or hermit.

Japanese Meaning

一人暮らしの人 / 隠者

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The old man took pride in being a solitaire, tending to his small garden every morning.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

その老人は一人暮らしであることを誇りに思い、毎朝小さな庭の手入れをしていた。

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Sense（1）

A person who lives alone; a recluse or hermit.

[…] he really wishes he had never beheld you, nor yours. You have spoiled him for a solitaire, and a book, all the days of his life; and put him into such a condition, that he thinks of nothing, and enquires of nothing but after a person who has nothing to say to him, and has left him for ever […]

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Sense（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.

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An extinct bird, related to the dodo, Pezophaps solitaria Rodrigues solitaire), that lived on the island of Rodrigues.

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One of several American species of bird in the genus Myadestes in the thrush family.

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A single gem, usually a diamond, mounted in a piece of jewellery by itself.

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(obsolete) A black neck ribbon worn with a bag wig in the 18th century.

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solitaires

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