lone

Definition

Solitary; having no companion.

Etymology

Shortened from alone.

Example Sentences

• "a lone traveler or watcher"
• "When I have on those pathless wilds appeared, / And the lone wanderer with my presence cheered."
• "The Bat—they called him the Bat.[…]. He'd never been in stir, the bulls had never mugged him, he didn't run with a mob, he played a lone hand, and fenced his stuff so that even the fence couldn't swear he knew his face."

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