lone

[A shortened form of alone (q. v.).] 1. Without any companion or fellow; single, unaccompanied; not having another or others near. "When I have on those pathle wilds appear'd And the lone wanderer with my presence cheer'd." Shenstone: Judgment of Hercules. 2. Solitary, unfrequented, retired, seldom visited by man, deserted. "Where shall he find, in foreign land, So lone a lake, so sweet a strand!" Scott: Lady of the Lake, vi. 15. 3. Single, unmarried; without or having lost a husband. (Shakesp.: Henry IV ., Pt . II ., ii. 1.) lone-star, 8. Hist.: An American secret society established in 1848 for extending the territory of the United States over all the continent of America and the adjacent islands. It did not long attract notice. Lone Star State. Texas.