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発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˈloʊnɚ/
• Homophone: loaner
• 韻: -əʊnə(ɹ)
• ハイフネーション: lon‧er

名詞

loner (plural loners)

1. One who is alone, lacking or avoiding the company of others.

   Synonyms: solitary; see also Thesaurus:recluse

   Coordinate terms: aloner, misanthrope

   I actually enjoy being a loner.

   • 1985, J. C. Winters, Berlin Fugle, page 307:

     For one thing, he wanted to see if anyone was following Ricketts. The Cockney had been thrown out of SAS because he was a loner and a canteen cowboy.

   • 2013, Margaux Joy DeNador, The Art of Living a Life You Love, page 158:

     I remember reading an article that described three personality types – socializers, loners, and aloners.

   • 2018, Judy Hall, The Astrology Bible:

     An unaspected planet bides its time and then emerges, often explosively and seemingly out of character. These potent loners are a hidden influence within the chart.

派生語

• lonerish

Further reading

• loner on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

アナグラム

• Elron, Loren, Rolen, enrol, nerol