Lone-wolf
noun, Informal.
1.
a person who prefers to live, act, or work alone or independent of others.
noun
1.
a person who prefers to be alone
A person who prefers to do without the company or assistance of others. For example, Her nursery school teacher described Beth as a lone wolf, an assessment her parents found astonishing. This expression alludes to the tendency of some species of wolf to hunt alone rather than in packs. [ c. 1900 ]
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