Entry 5 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913 Lone /lōn/ · IPA /loʊn/ n. a. 01 n. A lane. See Loanin. 1. A lane. See Loanin.[Prov. Eng.] See: Loanin 02 a. Being without a companion; being by one's self; also, sad from lack of companionship; lonely; as, a lone traveler or watcher. 1. Being without a companion; being by one's self; also, sad from lack of companionship; lonely; as, a lone traveler or watcher. “When I have on those pathless wilds a appeared, And the lone wanderer with my presence cheered.” — Shenstone. 2. Single; unmarried, or in widowhood.[Archaic] “Queen Elizabeth being a lone woman.” — Collection of Records (1642). “A hundred mark is a long one for a poor lone woman to bear.” — Shak. 3. Being apart from other things of the kind; being by itself; also, apart from human dwellings and resort; as, a lone house. “By a lone well a lonelier column rears.” — Byron. 4. Unfrequented by human beings; solitary. “Thus vanish scepters, coronets, and balls, And leave you on lone woods, or empty walls.” — Pope.