hermit vs stag

hermit

noun
  • Any in the subfamily Phaethornithinae of hummingbirds. 

  • A religious recluse; someone who lives alone for religious reasons; an eremite. 

  • A spiced cookie made with molasses, raisins, and nuts. 

  • A recluse; someone who lives alone and shuns human companionship. 

  • A hermit crab. 

stag

noun
  • A stag beetle (family Lucanidae). 

  • An adult male deer. 

  • An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a member of the exchange. 

  • Guard duty. 

  • One who applies for the allotment of shares in new projects, with a view to sell immediately at a premium, and not to hold the stock. 

  • An unmarried man; a bachelor; a man not accompanying a woman at a social event. 

  • A colt, or filly. 

  • A social event for men held in honor of a groom on the eve of his wedding, attended by male friends of the groom; sometimes a fundraiser. 

  • The Eurasian wren, Troglodytes troglodytes. 

  • An improperly or late castrated bull or ram – also called a bull seg (see note under ox). 

verb
  • To act as a "stag", an irregular dealer in stocks. 

  • To watch; to dog, or keep track of. 

adv
  • Of a man, attending a formal social function without a date. 

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