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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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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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