Crusoe
Island exile, alone
Crusoe refers to Robinson Crusoe, the shipwrecked protagonist of Daniel Defoe's 1719 novel who survives alone on a remote island for decades.
The name evokes solitary self-reliance and resourceful isolation: He lived like a Crusoe in his remote cabin.
A Crusoe figure is someone cut off from society who must fend for themselves.
- RobinsonCommon English surname
- literatureBody of written works
- 18th centuryYears 1701-1800
- classicOf lasting excellence
fiction · castaway · Friday · footprint · journal · Providence · colonialism · Protestant work ethic
Left stranded and helpless
- uninhabitedHaving no occupants
- remoteDistant or controller
- tropicalOf hot, humid regions
- solitudeState of being alone
palm trees · lagoon · goats · parrot · stockade · cave · plantation · beach
Destroyed remains of something
- salvageRecovering damaged goods
- provisionsStockpiled food and supplies
- toolsDevices for doing work
- musketsEarly shoulder-fired guns
gunpowder · cargo · timber · canvas · rope · barrel · chest · supplies
Ability to solve problems creatively
- ingenuityClever, original thinking
- self-sufficiencyIndependence from outside aid
- shelterProtected place or structure
- fire-makingStarting a controlled blaze
hunting · fishing · toolmaking · adaptation · foraging · farming · pottery · breadmaking
Defoe
- RobinsonCommon English surname
- literatureBody of written works
- 18th centuryYears 1701-1800
classic · fiction · castaway · Friday · footprint · journal · Providence · colonialism · Protestant work ethic · individualism
marooned
Left stranded and helpless
- uninhabitedHaving no occupants
- remoteDistant or controller
- tropicalOf hot, humid regions
solitude · palm trees · lagoon · goats · parrot · stockade · cave · plantation · beach · shoreline
wreckage
Destroyed remains of something
- salvageRecovering damaged goods
- provisionsStockpiled food and supplies
- toolsDevices for doing work
muskets · gunpowder · cargo · timber · canvas · rope · barrel · chest · supplies · raft
resourcefulness
Ability to solve problems creatively
- ingenuityClever, original thinking
- self-sufficiencyIndependence from outside aid
- shelterProtected place or structure
fire-making · hunting · fishing · toolmaking · adaptation · foraging · farming · pottery · breadmaking · fortification
voyage
Journey by sea
- discoveryAct of finding something
- journeyTravel from place to place
- seafaringTraveling by ocean vessel
navigation · Brazil · Guinea · merchant · trade · expedition · ship · sailor · adventure · uncharted
- literary charactersSherlock Holmes, Scout Finch, Elizabeth Bennet, Macbeth, Huck Finn
- Robinson CrusoeFriday, Daniel Defoe, desert island, shipwreck, footprint
CrusoeFriday
Fifth weekday
socialite · urbanite · cosmopolitan · man about town · social butterfly