lone wolfer
lone wolfer · lone wolfers
One who acts aloneOne who acts alone.
Meaning
2 sensesOne who acts alone.
One who acts alone.
A terrorist who acts on their own, without being part of a larger organized group or cell.
Origin
From lone wolf + -er.From lone wolf + -er.
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Forms
plural: lone wolfers| Singular | lone wolfer |
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See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.