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lone wolfer

lone wolfer noun: one who acts alone.

Noun

lone wolfer (plural lone wolfers)

  1. One who acts alone.
    • One of the points stressed by him and his followers is that there are too many "lone-wolfers" in the Christian Church — too many pastors and other laborers trying to do the work alone. Team work is needed[…]1932, George Washington Sandt, The Lutheran, volume 15, page 2
    • The creative is independent — a lone wolfer. Independence in itself is not bad if it can be controlled and made to be productive.1962, Research Management, page 401
    1. A terrorist who acts on their own, without being part of a larger organized group or cell.

Forms of lone wolfer

plurallone wolfers

Origin of lone wolfer

From lone wolf + -er.

Questions about lone wolfer

What does lone wolfer mean?
Lone wolfer means one who acts alone.
What part of speech is lone wolfer?
Lone wolfer is a noun.
What is the plural of lone wolfer?
The plural of lone wolfer is lone wolfers.

Words near lone wolfer in the dictionary

  1. Lone Star State
  2. Lone Star Stater
  3. lone star tick
  4. lone star ticks
  5. lone wolf
  6. lone wolfer
  7. lone wolfers
  8. lone wolves
  9. Lone-Star State
  10. lone-star-tick meat allergy
  11. lone-wolfing

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