loner

nounattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈləʊ.nə//
United States//ˈloʊ.nəɹ//

One who is alone, lacking or avoiding the company of others.

noun

1
One who is alone, lacking or avoiding the company of others.
I actually enjoy being a loner.
For one thing, he wanted to see if anyone was following Ricketts. The Cockney had been thrown out of SAS because he was a loner and a canteen cowboy.
I remember reading an article that described three personality types – socializers, loners, and aloners.
An unaspected planet bides its time and then emerges, often explosively and seemingly out of character. These potent loners are a hidden influence within the chart.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂elnós Proto-Germanic *allaz Proto-West Germanic *all Old English eall Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-West Germanic *ain Old English ān Old English eall ān Middle English all oon Middle English allone English alone English lone Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English loner From lone + -er.

Forms

plural: loners

lone · Solitary; having no companion.loneliness · A feeling of depression resulting from being alone or from…lonely · Unhappy due to feeling isolated from contact with other…

loner · One who is alone, lacking or avoiding the company of others.

lonesome · Unhappy due to being alone; lonely.long · Having much distance in space from one end to the other.Long · A surname transferred from the nickname. Originally a…

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