Lone Ranger

English Alternative forms en lone ranger Proper noun Lone Ranger A hero of westerns who wore a mask. en 2000 Gerald Nachman Raised on Radio 200 Yet you never tired of the famous fade-out: "Who was that masked man, anyway? ... That was. . . the Lone Ranger!" Noun en idiomatic A solitary, sometimes mysterious or heroic, person. en 1992 M. Annette Jaimes The State of Native America: Genocide, Colonization, and Resistance 428 The Lone Ranger is always alone in a wilderness he does not quite call home. en 2002 Megan Jennaway Sisters and Lovers: Women and Desire in Bali 128 This requires them to lead a double life: as Lone Ranger by day, husband and father by night. en 2002 David John Lu Agony of Choice: Matsuoka Yosuke and the Rise and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1880-1946 169 While Matsuoka's tendency to act alone, his "lone-ranger" style of diplomacy, served him well in maintaining secrecy, it deprived him of effective staff work . Derived terms en lone rangering Sloane Ranger See also en Tonto Further reading