Definition of "loner" []

• One who avoids the company of other people. (noun)

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• "I don't know that a loner is anymore likely to make a good leader than somebody who grew up with ten brothers and sisters to manage."
• "The evidence for this came largely from unnamed sources, although a former teaching ­colleague, Richard Bland, was quoted using the word "loner" and referring to the blue-tinged hair."
• "Simon Wiesenthal, Nazi-hunter and impassioned loner, is a legendary figure for his role in helping track down hundreds of Nazi war criminals, the most famous among them Adolf Eichmann."