lone
[lohn]
- being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied: a lone traveler.
- standing by itself or apart; isolated: a lone house in the valley.
- sole; single; only: That company constitutes our lone competitor in the field.
- unfrequented.
- without companionship; lonesome; lonely.
- unmarried or widowed.
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Origin of lone
Synonyms
See more synonyms for lone on Thesaurus.com2. separate, separated, secluded.
Synonym study
1. See alone.
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Contemporary Examples
“During this trip, I did as a lone wolf, I risked a lot,” he said.
Bratton was not ready to say that Brinsley was acting as part of a group or as anything but a lone monster.
They double down on the plot device of a lone visionary opposed by conventional hierarchies.
His lone stable was a girl from Newport News, Virginia, who had already escaped one nightmare.
The incident still might have sparked trouble because that lone bullet proved fatal for a man who was black.
Historical Examples
No nation can longer be a fortress, lone and strong and safe.
He's makin' his play with a lone hand, and we've got to meet him the same way.
Way of the LawlessMax Brand
A lad that never was out of the town by his lone in his life before!
The Foolish LoversSt. John G. Ervine
Spake to 'em by their lone silves when you've aught to say to 'em.
The Widow O'Callaghan's BoysGulielma Zollinger
Mr. Erskine's songs are all pretty, but his "Lone Vale" is divine.
The Letters of Robert BurnsRobert Burns
lone
- unaccompanied; solitary
- single or isolateda lone house
- a literary word for lonely
- unmarried or widowed
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Word Origin
C14: from the mistaken division of alone into a lone
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Word Origin and History for lone
adj.
late 14c., "having no companion, solitary," shortening of alone (q.v.) by weakening of stress or else by misdivision of what is properly all one. The Lone Star in reference to "Texas" is first recorded 1843, from its flag. Lone wolf in the figurative sense is 1909, American English.
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