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lone

[lohn]
–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


loneness, noun


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.

  1. Being the only one; sole: the lone doctor in the county.

  2. Situated by itself: a lone tree on the prairie; a lone blue tile in a white floor.


[Middle English, short for alone; see alone.]
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Word Origin & History

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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