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lone ranger

lone ranger is the alternative letter-case form of Lone Ranger.

Proper noun capitalized: Lone Ranger

Lone Ranger

  1. A hero of westerns who wore a mask.
    • Yet you never tired of the famous fade-out: "Who was that masked man, anyway? ... That was. . . the Lone Ranger!"2000, Gerald Nachman, Raised on Radio, page 200

Noun capitalized: Lone Ranger

Lone Ranger (plural Lone Rangers)

  1. (idiomatic) A solitary, sometimes mysterious or heroic, person.
    • The Lone Ranger is always alone in a wilderness he does not quite call home.1992, M. Annette Jaimes, The State of Native America: Genocide, Colonization, and Resistance, page 428
    • This requires them to lead a double life: as Lone Ranger by day, husband and father by night.2002, Megan Jennaway, Sisters and Lovers: Women and Desire in Bali, page 128

Forms of lone ranger

Noun
plurallone rangers
pluralLone Rangers
Proper noun
alternative formlone ranger

Words formed from lone ranger

Questions about lone ranger

What does lone ranger mean?
Lone ranger means a hero of westerns who wore a mask.
What is lone ranger the alternative letter-case form of?
Lone ranger is the alternative letter-case form of Lone Ranger.
What part of speech is lone ranger?
Lone ranger can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near lone ranger in the dictionary

  1. lone gunmen
  2. lone it
  3. lone pair
  4. lone pairs
  5. Lone Pine
  6. lone ranger
  7. lone rangering
  8. lone rangers
  9. Lone Scout
  10. Lone Scouts
  11. Lone Star State

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