dervish vs solitary

dervish

noun
  • A citizen or inhabitant of Darawiish (circa 1895–1920 C.E.), an anti-colonial polity in modern Somalia headed by Sufis. 

  • Any irregular guerrilla fighter resembling the Sudanese Mahdi in equipment, uniform, tactics, etc. 

  • One of the followers of Muhammad Ahmad, the Mahdi of the Sudan, in the 1880s. 

solitary

noun
  • One who lives alone, or in solitude; an anchorite, hermit or recluse. 

  • Solitary confinement. 

  • The state of being solitary; solitude 

adj
  • Performed, passed, or endured alone 

  • Living or being by oneself; alone; having no companion present 

  • Not much visited or frequented; remote from society 

  • Single; individual; sole. 

  • gloomy; dismal, because of not being inhabited. 

  • Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted 

  • Not associated with others of the same kind. 

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