6 definitions found for straggler

Straggler 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.

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

straggler noun see straggle I

straggler (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

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.

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