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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 others
Familiarity information: LONE WOLF used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who avoids the company or assistance of others
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
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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