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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LONE, a.
1. Solitary; retired; unfrequented; having no company.
And leave you in lone woods or empty walls.
2. Single; standing by itself; not having others in the neighborhood; as a lone house.
3. Single; unmarried, or in widowhood.
LONE, n. A lane. [Local.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: lacking companions or companionship; "he was alone when we met him"; "she is alone much of the time"; "the lone skier on the mountain"; "a lonely fisherman stood on a tuft of gravel"; "a lonely soul"; "a solitary traveler" [syn: alone, lone, lonely, solitary]
2: characterized by or preferring solitude; "a lone wolf"; "a lonely existence"; "a man of a solitary disposition"; "a solitary walk" [syn: lone, lonely, solitary]
3: being the only one; single and isolated from others; "the lone doctor in the entire county"; "a lonesome pine"; "an only child"; "the sole heir"; "the sole example"; "a solitary instance of cowardice"; "a solitary speck in the sky" [syn: lone, lonesome, only, sole, solitary]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Middle English, short for alone Date: 14th century 1. a. having no company ; solitary b. preferring solitude 2. only, sole 3. situated by itself ; isolated Synonyms: see alone • loneness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

attrib.adj. 1 (of a person) solitary; without a companion or supporter. 2 (of a place) unfrequented, uninhabited, lonely. 3 literary feeling or causing to feel lonely. Phrases and idioms: lone hand 1 a hand played or a player playing against the rest at quadrille and euchre. 2 a person or action without allies. lone wolf a person who prefers to act alone. Etymology: ME, f. ALONE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lone Lone, a. [Abbrev. fr. alone.] 1. Being without a companion; being by one's self; also, sad from lack of companionship; lonely; as, a lone traveler or watcher. When I have on those pathless wilds a appeared, And the lone wanderer with my presence cheered. --Shenstone. 2. Single; unmarried, or in widowhood. [Archaic] Queen Elizabeth being a lone woman. --Collection of Records (1642). A hundred mark is a long one for a poor lone woman to bear. --Shak. 3. Being apart from other things of the kind; being by itself; also, apart from human dwellings and resort; as, a lone house. `` A lone isle.'' --Pope. By a lone well a lonelier column rears. --Byron. 4. Unfrequented by human beings; solitary. Thus vanish scepters, coronets, and balls, And leave you on lone woods, or empty walls. --Pope.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lone Lone, n. A lane. See Loanin. [Prov. Eng.]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If you talk about a lone person or thing, you mean that they are alone. He was shot by a lone gunman. ADJ: ADJ n 2. A lone parent is a parent who is looking after her or his child or children and who is not married or living with a partner. (mainly BRIT) Ninety per cent of lone parent families are headed by mothers. = single ADJ: ADJ n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Solitary, secluded, lonely, unfrequented, deserted, uninhabited, unoccupied, lonesome, retired. 2. Single, solitary, isolated, lonely, alone. 3. Single, unmarried.

Moby Thesaurus

a certain, abandoned, absolute, alienated, all alone, alone, aloof, an, any, any one, apart, atomic, azygous, celibate, companionless, deserted, detached, either, exclusive, first and last, forsaken, friendless, homeless, impair, in solitude, individual, indivisible, insular, integral, irreducible, isolated, kithless, lonely, lonesome, monadic, monistic, odd, one, one and only, only, only-begotten, particular, removed, rootless, secluded, separate, separated, simple, single, single-handed, singular, sole, solid, solitary, solo, unabetted, unaccompanied, unaided, unanalyzable, unassisted, unattended, undivided, unescorted, unexampled, uniform, unique, unitary, unpaired, unrepeatable, unrepeated, unseconded, unsupported, whole, withdrawn