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Straggler definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STRAGGLER, n.
1. A wanderer; a rover; one that departs from the direct or proper course; one that rambles without any settled direction.
2. A vagabond; a wandering shiftless fellow.
3. Something that shoots beyond the rest or too far.
4. Something that stands by itself.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: someone who strays or falls behind [syn: straggler, strayer]

Merriam Webster's

noun see straggle I

U.S. Military Dictionary

(*) 1. Any personnel, vehicles, ships, or aircraft which, without apparent purpose or assigned mission, become separated from their unit, column, or formation. 2. A ship separated from its convoy by more than 5 nautical miles, through inability to keep up, and unable to rejoin before dark, or over 10 nautical miles from its convoy whether or not it can rejoin before dark. See also romper.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Straggler Strag"gler, n. 1. One who straggles, or departs from the direct or proper course, or from the company to which he belongs; one who falls behind the rest; one who rambles without any settled direction.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(stragglers) The stragglers are the people in a group who are moving more slowly or making less progress than the others. There were two stragglers twenty yards back... N-COUNT: usu pl

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Wanderer, rover. 2. Rambler, strayer, stroller, vagrant, vagabond, nomad, bird of passage.