Meaning

3 senses
  1. A wolf that is not part of a pack.

    бирюкbirjuk

  2. (figuratively)A person who avoids the company of others; an independent or solitary person; a loner.

    einsamer Wolf

    бирю́кbirjúk

    a person who avoids the company or assistance of others

  3. (figuratively)A criminal who acts alone, not as part of a group.

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Tom is a lone wolf.

    ruТом - одинокий волк.

    deTom ist ein Einzelgänger.

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  2. I am perhaps a bit of a lone wolf.

    ruМожет, я в чём-то как одинокий волк.

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  3. Michael has been a lone wolf all his life.

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  4. He's always been so exuberant, he doesn't really seem like a lone wolf.

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  5. He's a lone wolf.

    ruОн одинокий волк.

    deEr ist ein Einzelgänger.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
wolf that is not part of a pack:
person who avoids the company of others:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
person who avoids the company of others:

Origin

From lone + wolf.

From lone + wolf.

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Forms

plural: lone wolves
Singularlone wolf
Plurallone wolves

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a person who avoids the company or assistance of others:lonerlone hand

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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