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loner

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lon·er

[loh-ner]
noun
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others: He was always a loner—no one knew him well.

Origin:
1945–50; lone + -er1

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Loner is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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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.
5.
without companionship; lonesome; lonely.
EXPAND
6.
unmarried or widowed.
COLLAPSE

Origin:
1325–75; Middle English; aphetic var of alone, used attributively

lone·ness, noun

loan, lone.


1. See alone. 2. separate, separated, secluded.

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loner (ˈləʊnə)
 
n
informal a person or animal who avoids the company of others or prefers to be alone

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lone
late 14c., 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. Loner "one who avoids company" first recorded 1947. Lone wolf in the fig. sense is 1909, Amer.Eng.
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