lone

Etymology

Shortened from alone.

adj

1. Solitary; having no companion.
   a lone traveler or watcher
   When I have on those pathless wilds appeared, / And the lone wanderer with my presence cheered. 1741, William Shenstone, The Judgment of Hercules
   The director of a school in Thailand's central province of Sing Buri is in police custody under suspicion of being the lone perpetrator of a gold shop robbery at a mall in Lop Buri province on January 9th, during which three people, including a two-year old boy, were murdered and four others [were] wounded. 2020-01-22, “School director arrested as a suspect in Lop Buri gold shop robbery”, in Thai PBS World, Bangkok: Thai Public Broadcasting Service, retrieved 2020-01-22
2. Isolated or lonely; lacking companionship.
3. Sole; being the only one of a type.
   the lone male audience member at the concert
4. Situated by itself or by oneself, with no neighbours.
   a lone house;  a lone isle
5. (archaic) Unfrequented by human beings; solitary.
   Thus vanish sceptres, coronets, and balls, / And leave you on lone woods, or empty walls. c. 1715, Alexander Pope, Epistle To Mrs Teresa Blount
6. (archaic) Single; unmarried, or in widowhood.
   Queen Elizabeth being a lone woman. Collection of Records (1642)