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LONE WOLF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lone wolf mean? 

LONE WOLF (noun)
  The noun LONE WOLF has 1 sense:

1. a person who avoids the company or assistance of othersplay

  Familiarity information: LONE WOLF used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LONE WOLF (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who avoids the company or assistance of others

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

lone hand; lone wolf; loner

Hypernyms ("lone wolf" is a kind of...):

individualist (a person who pursues independent thought or action)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lone wolf"):

hermit; recluse; solitary; solitudinarian; troglodyte (one who lives in solitude)


 Context examples 


"I say, this is a pretty warm reception for a poor lone wolf from the Arctic," the master said, while White Fang calmed down under his caressing hand.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

It was all very well for half a dozen wolves to drive a lynx, spitting and bristling, up a tree; but it was quite a different matter for a lone wolf to encounter a lynx—especially when the lynx was known to have a litter of hungry kittens at her back.

(White Fang, by Jack London)



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