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lone

adjective [before noun]
 
 
/ləʊn/ US  /loʊn/

Definition

alone: a lone survivor He was a lone voice (= the only person) arguing against a reduction in resources.Single, double and multiple lone parent/mother/father someone who has children but no partner living with themMarital status
(Definition of lone adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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