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- proper noun A hero of
westerns who wore a mask - proper noun A solitary, sometimes heroic and mysterious, person
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Examples
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Like calling the Lone Ranger Brace Beemer (one of the Lone Ranger's voices on radio -- one that made him come alive for us), or referring to the singing cowboy, Roy Rogers (born in Cincinnati, Ohio) with the given name, Leonard Slye.
Lester Sloan: Soupy Sales,The First Birdbath: From the Detroit Stories 2009
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The film, which may still go forward, was to star Armie Hammer as the justice-seeking Lone Ranger and Depp as his sidekick Tonto in a rejiggering of the show's traditional roles that would see Depp take lead.
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We often don't recognize feminine presence as a form of leadership because it doesn't have any of the chest pounding, Lone Ranger, "Do as I say" qualities that we traditionally associate with leadership.
Birute Regine: From Amazon Woman to a Feminine Presence Birute Regine 2011
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There are going to be Lone Ranger purists and then you come along and take the Lone Ranger concept to the next level and you might really annoy them.
Johnny Depp rides into the unknown as Tonto in remake of The Lone Ranger 2011
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His selling point was his Lone Ranger mask, which Marble Arch forced him to relinquish, thereby infuriating thousands of Lone Ranger fans who were thus deprived of the only reason they might have to go actually see the film.
HOLLYWOOD Larry McMurtry 2010
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Another compelling belief often accompanies the illusion that America as Lone Ranger can set the world right: emergency men regard themselves as personally wearing the badge.
Magic and Mayhem Derek Leebaert 2010
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I can't imagine they watched the same Lone Ranger TV shows I did in the 50's but oh, well.
Archive 2009-05-01 Jack Garvey 2009
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I can't imagine they watched the same Lone Ranger TV shows I did in the 50's but oh, well.
Another Historical Adventure Jack Garvey 2009
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Battling the BBC is an all consuming passion for BB and, like the Lone Ranger, he fights alone.
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For every Lone Ranger on the screen, there are thousands of families and communities pulling together and looking out for one another.
Sally Kohn: We've Been Going to Movies About Going it Alone 2008
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