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Lone wolf

name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A town in Kiowa County, Oklahoma, United States.
Noun
  1. 1
    A wolf that is not part of a pack.

    "They knew what it meant; even Joan had heard the cry of the lone wolf hunting in the lean time of winter, and of all things sad, all things lonely, all things demoniacal, the howl of a wolf stands alone."

  2. 2
    a person who avoids the company or assistance of others wordnet
  3. 3
    A person who avoids the company of others; a loner; an independent or solitary person. figuratively

    "I am a lone wolf, a solitary man, wandering through a world in which I have no part. I am wifeless—childless—who is it speaks of the childless as the dead twigs on the tree of life?"

  4. 4
    A criminal who acts alone, not as part of a group. broadly

    "Paddock's motives remain unclear. Las Vegas Sheriff Joe Lombardo described the shooting as a "lone wolf" attack. "We have no idea what his belief system was," he said."

Etymology

Named after Chief Lone Wolf.

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