Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun One who avoids the company of other people.

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

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  • noun a person who avoids the company or assistance of others

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Examples

  • I don't know that a loner is anymore likely to make a good leader than somebody who grew up with ten brothers and sisters to manage.

    April 5th, 2005 oceanfire_song 2005

  • The evidence for this came largely from unnamed sources, although a former teaching ­colleague, Richard Bland, was quoted using the word "loner" and referring to the blue-tinged hair.

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  • Simon Wiesenthal, Nazi-hunter and impassioned loner, is a legendary figure for his role in helping track down hundreds of Nazi war criminals, the most famous among them Adolf Eichmann.

    Avenging 6 million murders Susan Jacoby 2010

  • Simon Wiesenthal, Nazi-hunter and impassioned loner, is a legendary figure for his role in helping track down hundreds of Nazi war criminals, the most famous among them Adolf Eichmann.

    Avenging 6 million murders Susan Jacoby 2010

  • This tormented, friendless loner is attracted to raven-haired Eli, a wide-eyed new girl recently moved in next door with her reclusive father.

    Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2008

  • KING: Was she known as a loner to anybody's knowledge?

    CNN Transcript Jul 24, 2001 2001

  • In court he was described as a loner who abused his encyclopaedic knowledge of birds.

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • The teenager, who neighbours described as a loner with a fondness for violent videos, appears to have taken his own life after police engaged him in a shootout hours after he fled the school and hijacked a car.

    Reuters: Top News 2009

  • The teenager, who neighbours described as a loner with a fondness for violent videos, appears to have taken his own life after police engaged him in a shootout hours after he fled the school and hijacked a car.

    Top Stories - Google News 2009

  • The teenager, who neighbours described as a loner with a fondness for violent videos, appears to have taken his own life after police engaged him in a shootout hours after he fled the school and hijacked a car.

    Top Stories - Google News 2009

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