Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Without accompaniment; solitary.
- adjective Being the only one; sole.
- adjective Situated by itself.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A lane. Also
loan . - noun A Middle English form of
loan . - Being unaccompanied; apart from any other; solitary; lonely; isolated: as, a lone traveler; a lone house.
- Single in state; living alone; unmated or unmarried.
- Lonely; secluded; unfrequented.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Prov. Eng. A lane. See
loanin . - adjective Being without a companion; being by one's self; also, sad from lack of companionship; lonely.
- adjective Archaic Single; unmarried, or in widowhood.
- adjective Being apart from other things of the kind; being by itself; also, apart from human dwellings and resort.
- adjective Unfrequented by human beings; solitary.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Solitary ; having nocompanion . - adjective
Isolated orlonely ; lackingcompanionship . - adjective
Sole ; being the only one of atype . - adjective
Situated byitself or byoneself , with noneighbours . - adjective archaic Unfrequented by human beings;
solitary . - adjective archaic
single ;unmarried , or inwidowhood
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective lacking companions or companionship
- adjective being the only one; single and isolated from others
- adjective characterized by or preferring solitude
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Typically, they go after someone who they can turn into what I call the "lone atheist troublemaker."
Chris Rodda: The Camp Pendleton Cross: The Facts vs. What the "Persecuted" Christians Are Saying Chris Rodda 2011
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As New York City police tracked what they called a "lone wolf" terrorism suspect for more than a year, federal authorities declined to join the case, believing the man didn't pose a serious threat, people familiar with the matter said.
Police, FBI Split on Terror Suspect Devlin Barrett 2011
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You, Peter, really believe that this is part of something larger, this is just not what we call the lone wolf?
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You, Peter, really believe that this is part of something larger, this is just not what we call the lone wolf?
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COOPER (voice-over): Terrorism home grown and the hunt for what they call the lone wolves.
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"The thing we are all most worried about is what they call a 'lone ranger,' a lone actor, not some extremely complicated plan like it took to take down the World Trade Centre towers," said Biden, who appeared on the trio of network morning TV shows Friday.
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As New York City police tracked what they called a "lone wolf" terrorism suspect for more than a year, federal authorities declined to join the case, believing the man didn't pose a serious threat, people familiar with the matter said.
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BY DEVLIN BARRETT AND SEAN GARDINER As New York City police tracked what they called a "lone wolf" terrorism suspect for more than a year, federal authorities declined to join the case, believing the man didn't pose a serious threat, people familiar with the matter said.
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"The thing we are all most worried about is what they call a 'lone ranger,' a lone actor, not some extremely complicated plan like it took to take down the World Trade towers," said Biden, who appeared on the trio of network morning TV shows Friday.
Thestar.com - Home Page Star wire services 2011
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"The thing we are all most worried about is what they call a 'lone ranger,' a lone actor, not some extremely complicated plan like it took to take down the World Trade towers," said Biden, who appeared on three morning news shows.
FOXNews.com 2011
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