lone

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Solitary

   Solitary; having no companion.

   • 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.
2. 2

   Isolated or lonely

   Isolated or lonely; lacking companionship.

3. 3

   Sole

   Sole; being the only one of a type.

   • the lone male audience member at the concert
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   1. 4

      Situated by itself or by oneself, with no neighbours.

      • a lone house;  a lone isle
      • By a lone wall a lonelier column rears.
   2. 5

      Unfrequented by human beings

      Unfrequented by human beings; solitary.

      • Thus vanish sceptres, coronets, and balls, / And leave you on lone woods, or empty walls.
      • He made a turn or two in the shop, and looked for Hope among the instruments; but they obstinately worked out reckonings for the missing ship, in spite of any opposition he could offer, that ended at the bottom of the lone sea.
   3. 6

      Single

      Single; unmarried, or in widowhood.

      • Queen Elizabeth being a lone woman.
      • A hundred mark is a long one for a poor lone woman to bear.
   4. 7

      Not divided into multiple districts.

      • lone congressional district

The neighborhood

• neighboralone
• neighborlonely
• neighborlonesome