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loner

DEFINITIONS OF: loner

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n a person who avoids the company or assistance of others

Synonyms:
lone hand, lone wolf
Examples:
St. John the Baptist
(New Testament) a preacher and hermit and forerunner of Jesus (whom he baptized); was beheaded by Herod at the request of Salome
Types:
hermit, recluse, solitary, solitudinarian, troglodyte
one who lives in solitude
Type of:
individualist
a person who pursues independent thought or action
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