0 a person who likes to do things on their own without other people: --
He was always a loner at school.
1 someone who prefers to be alone and to do things without other people --
I am by nature a loner.
The cyclist is not a herd animal, but a loner who prefers to go his own way in his own time rather than get on a bus or a train.
The barrister lacks partners, he lacks personal staff, he is not even, as a determined "loner", required to administer himself, never mind consider administrating anyone else.
We recommend, therefore, that they should no loner be enforceable.
She was very much a loner and refused to have anyone with her.
Third, the frightened child may often be a social isolate, a "loner," missing out on the joys of play with peers.
They were likely to be life-long loners, or people who had lost all their close friendships but had come to terms with diminishing opportunities for intimacy.
Women who reported themselves as a loner during childhood were more likely to experience early menarche.
