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lone - What does it mean?

Definition of 'lone'

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Solitary; having no companion.
  • :
  • *(William Shenstone) (1714–1763)
  • *:When I have on those pathless wilds appeared, / And the lone wanderer with my presence cheered.
  • *
  • *:The Bat—they called him the Bat.. He'd never been in stir, the bulls had never mugged him, he didn't run with a mob, he played a lone hand, and fenced his stuff so that even the fence couldn't swear he knew his face.
  • Isolated or lonely; lacking companionship.
  • Sole; being the only one of a type.
  • Situated by itself or by oneself, with no neighbours.
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  • *(Lord Byron) (1788-1824)
  • *:By a lone well a lonelier column rears.
  • (lb) Unfrequented by human beings; solitary.
  • *(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
  • *:Thus vanish sceptres, coronets, and balls, / And leave you on lone woods, or empty walls.
  • (lb) Single; unmarried, or in widowhood.
  • *Collection of Records (1642)
  • *:Queen Elizabeth being a lone woman.
  • *(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
  • *:A hundred mark is a long one for a poor lone woman to bear.
  • Synonyms

    * only

    Derived terms

    * lone gunman (rel-mid3) * lone wolf (rel-mid3) (rel-bottom)

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    Similar to 'lone'

    lane, lune, line, leone, lame, laine, lemme, lene, lime, lumme, liane, linne, lyne