Loner - English meaning

noun

A religious recluse.

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The land of the pharaohs was transformed; the festival hall of thutmosis iii in the temple of karna…

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Someone who lives alone and away from other people for religious reasons

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A member of a monastic community.

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A cenobite is usually a monk in a monastery, as opposed to an anchorite, who is a monk living alone…

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A christian hermit or recluse.

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The sheer volume of women involved makes russell look like a christian eremite from the days of the…

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A person living in solitude as a religious discipline.

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Secular idleness would have little meaning in solitude, and the religious contemplation of the herm…

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A person who lives alone and apart from society

adjective

Single; separate.

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Individual tiny flowers

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A single human being as distinct from a group.

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Boat trips for parties and individuals

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A single person or thing, esp. when compared to the group or set to which it belongs

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We will remember him as an individual who always tried to make people happy., every company has its…

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A shy, reticent person.

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I'm an introvert and don't like public speaking

adjective

Another term for introverted.

noun

Someone who is shy, quiet, and prefers to spend time alone rather than often being with other people

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A person who likes to do things on their own without other people

noun

An unorthodox or independent-minded person.

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He's the maverick of the fashion scene

adjective

Unorthodox.

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A maverick detective

noun

A person who thinks and acts independently of and differently from others

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She is considered a political maverick.

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A person who dislikes humankind and avoids human society.

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Scrooge wasn't the mean-spirited misanthrope most of us believe him to be

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A member of a protestant church which dissents from the established church of england.

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Originally a nonconformist, he was later converted to anglo-catholicism

adjective

Relating to nonconformists or their principles and practices.

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Teetotalism was a largely nonconformist movement

noun

A person who does not live and think according to accepted customs and standards

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A person who does not belong to a particular organization or profession.

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To the outsider, glitzy fashion shows may seem an outrageous extravagance

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A person who is not involved with a particular group of people or an organization, or who does not live in a particular place

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I moved here three years ago, but i still feel like an outsider.

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Someone who is paid by a company or organization to do a particular job, but who is not a permanent employee

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In 2009, the company hired an outsider with marketing experience in an effort to revive its busines…

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A person who lives a solitary life and tends to avoid other people.

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She has turned into a virtual recluse

adjective

Favouring a solitary life.

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He was a very secretive sort of individual, a very recluse sort of a person, and didn't have much t…

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A person who lives alone and avoids going outside or talking to other people

adjective

Done or existing alone.

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I live a pretty solitary life

noun

A recluse or hermit.

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He had something of the solitary about him

adjective

Being the only one, or not being with other similar things, often by choice

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I live a solitary life., he enjoys solitary walks in the wilderness.

noun

A person who lives a solitary life; a recluse.

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He pays no visits, and being a solitudinarian, frequents not even a single club in london.

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An ascetic living on top of a pillar, especially in ancient or medieval syria, turkey, and greece in the 5th century ad.

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Watching him, i can't help but think of the stylites, fanatical christian monks of the middle ages …