solitaries

adjective

1. living or being alone
2. without others; single; only: a solitary example
3. characterized by loneliness or lack of companions
4. lonely; remote; unfrequented: a solitary place
5. done in solitude
6. Bot. occurring singly, as a flower
7. Zool. living alone or in pairs; not colonial, social, etc.

noun pl. solitaries

1. a person who lives alone; esp., a hermit
2. Informal solitary confinement