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   singleton

   /ˈsɪŋɡlt(ə)n/

   noun

   • 1. a single person or thing of the kind under consideration: "splitting the clumps of plants into singletons"
   • ▪ a child or animal born singly, rather than one of a multiple birth: "singleton boys"
   • ▪ a person who is not married or in a long-term relationship.
   • ▪ (in card games, especially bridge) a card that is the only one of its suit in a hand: "declarer drew trumps, finding that West had a singleton"
   • ▪ a set which contains exactly one element: "Lewis argues that the relation of a singleton to its only member is mysterious"

   Word Origin late 19th century: from single, on the pattern of simpleton.

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