Definition of "loners" []

• Plural form of loner. (noun)

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• "These individuals are all characterized as loners, angry, frustrated, paranoid or delusional."
• "Close friends Matthew Swift, 18, and his friend Ross McKnight, 16, were described as loners who idolised the US killers, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, who in 1999 murdered 12 students and one teacher and injured 21 others before taking their own lives."
• "Almost by definition we think of "loners" and even eccentrics as men, yet even those men deemed sociable are often quite friendless; many have "mates" -- usually associated with work or sports contacts -- mates who are good for fishing or watching sports with, whilst remaining devoid of anyone with whom they can share more intimately with."