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lone

  [lohn]
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–adjective
1. being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied: a lone traveler.
2. standing by itself or apart; isolated: a lone house in the valley.
3. sole; single; only: That company constitutes our lone competitor in the field.
4. unfrequented.
5. without companionship; lonesome; lonely.
6. unmarried or widowed.
Origin:
1325–75; ME; aph. var of alone, used attributively

Related forms:
loneness, noun

Synonyms:
1. See alone. 2. separate, separated, secluded.
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lone   (lōn)   
adj.  
    1. Without accompaniment; solitary: a lone skier on the mountain.
    2. Without companionship; isolated or lonely.
  2. Being the only one; sole: the lone doctor in the county.
  3. Situated by itself: a lone tree on the prairie; a lone blue tile in a white floor.

[Middle English, short for alone; see alone.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Lone

Lone\, n. A lane. See Loanin. [Prov. Eng.]

Lone

Lone\, a. [Abbrev. fr. alone.]

1. Being without a companion; being by one's self; also, sad from lack of companionship; lonely; as, a lone traveler or watcher.

When I have on those pathless wilds a appeared, And the lone wanderer with my presence cheered. --Shenstone.

2. Single; unmarried, or in widowhood. [Archaic]

Queen Elizabeth being a lone woman. --Collection of Records (1642).

A hundred mark is a long one for a poor lone woman to bear. --Shak.

3. Being apart from other things of the kind; being by itself; also, apart from human dwellings and resort; as, a lone house. " A lone isle." --Pope.

By a lone well a lonelier column rears. --Byron.

4. Unfrequented by human beings; solitary.

Thus vanish scepters, coronets, and balls, And leave you on lone woods, or empty walls. --Pope.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : Lone
Spanish: solitario,
German: einsam,
Japanese: 孤独の
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lone 
1377, aphetic shortening of alone (q.v.) by misdivision of what is properly al(l) one. The Lone Star in ref. to "Texas" is first recorded 1843, from its flag. First record of lonely is from 1607; lonesome from 1647. Loner "one who avoids company" first recorded 1947. Lone wolf in the fig. sense is 1909, Amer.Eng.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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