Sŏl/i-tâire', n.

noun

n. [Fr. See SOLITARY.]

  1. A person who lives in solitude; a recluse; a hermit; a solitary. [Rare.] Pope.
  2. An ornament for the neck. Shenstone.
  3. A game which one person can play alone; especially, that in which a board, perforated with holes, is used, and a set of pegs one less in number than that of the holes.
  4. (Ornith.) A bird now extinct, somewhat like the dodo. Its remains are found in the Island of Rodriguez.