adjective [onlybeforenoun]
1 without any other people or things
SYNSOLITARY:
a lone sailor crossing the Atlantic * The attack was carried out by a lone gunman in a crowded shopping centre.
2 (especially BrE) without a husband, wife or partner to share the care of children:
a lone mother / parent / father * Most lone parent families are headed by women. -< ALONE
IDIOMS
a lone wolf a person who prefers to be alone
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for lone is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does lone appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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