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lone wolfer

noun

Etymology

From lone wolf + -er.

  1. inherited from *wĺ̥kʷos✻
  2. inherited from *wulfaz✻
  3. inherited from *wulf✻
  4. inherited from wulf
  5. inherited from wolf
  6. compounded as lone wolf — “lone + wolf”
  7. formed as lone wolfer — “lone wolf + -er”

Definitions

  1. One who acts alone.

    • One of the points stressed by him and his followers is that there are too many "lone-wolfers" in the Christian Church — too many pastors and other laborers trying to do the work alone. Team work is needed[…]
    • The creative is independent — a lone wolfer. Independence in itself is not bad if it can be controlled and made to be productive.
    • A National Commission will be good only to the extent that producers in all provinces cooperate. We must admit that there is no more place for lone wolfers in our industry.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for lone wolfer. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA