Found 2 items, similar to Straggler.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: straggler
straggler
n : someone who strays or falls behind [syn:
strayer]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Straggler
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.
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2. A roving vagabond. --Shak.
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3. Something that shoots, or spreads out, beyond the rest, or
too far; an exuberant growth.
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Let thy hand supply the pruning knife,
And crop luxuriant stragglers. --Dryden.
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4. Something that stands alone or by itself.
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