loner
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loner
one who prefers to be alone or is rarely in the company of others: A loner doesn’t go to many parties.
Not to be confused with:
loaner – one who loans; something loaned: While my car’s in the body shop, I’m driving a loaner.
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lon·er
(lō′nər)n.
One who avoids the company of other people.
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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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lon•er
(ˈloʊ nər)n.
a person who is or prefers to be alone, esp. one who avoids the company of others.
[1945–50]
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| Noun | 1. | loner - a person who avoids the company or assistance of othersindividualist - a person who pursues independent thought or action |
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loner
noun (Informal) individualist, outsider, solitary, maverick, hermit, recluse, misanthrope, lone wolf I'm very much a loner - I never go out.
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loner
[ˈləʊnəʳ] N → solitario/a m/fCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
loner
n → Einzelgänger(in) m(f)
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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
loner
n (fam) solitario -ria mfEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
loner - a person who avoids the company or assistance of others