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Definition of Straggler

1. Noun. Someone who strays or falls behind.

Definition of Straggler

1. n. 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.

Definition of Straggler

1. Noun. One who straggles, or departs from the direct or proper course, or from the company to which he belongs. ¹

2. Noun. One who falls behind the rest. ¹

3. Noun. One who rambles without any settled direction. ¹

4. Noun. A roving vagabond. ¹

5. Noun. Something that shoots, or spreads out, beyond the rest, or too far; an exuberant growth. ¹

6. Noun. Something that stands alone or by itself. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Straggler

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Straggler

Literary usage of Straggler

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Across Africa by Verney Lovett Cameron, Daniel Oliver (1877)
"The straggler arrives.— Past Recovery.—His Death and Burial.—Locusts.—The Slave-trade on the Coast. —Mode of Embarkation.—Failing Strength of my Carriers. ..."

2. Across Africa by Verney Lovett Cameron, Daniel Oliver (1877)
"The straggler arrives.— Past Recovery.—His Death and Burial.—Locusts.—The Slave-trade on the Coast. —Mode of Embarkation.—Failing Strength of my Carriers. ..."

3. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1887)
"... every straggler was intercepted, every detachment was attacked, and the valiant Hormisdas escaped with some difficulty from their hands. ..."

4. The Chief American Poets: Selected Poems by Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow by Curtis Hidden Page (1905)
"... And yet so pinched and bare and comfortless, The veriest straggler limping on his rounds, The sun and air his sole inheritance, Laughed at a poverty ..."

5. Strategy for Defeat: The Luftwaffe, 1933-1945 by Williamson Murray (1983)
"... 29 Nov 1943, target: Bremen (Photo Credit: Official USAF Photo) The cost: B-17 straggler under the guns of an Fw 190 (Photo Credit: Official USAF Photo) ..."

6. The Diary of an Invalid: Being the Journal of a Tour in Pursuit of Health in by Henry Matthews (1824)
"To prevent a recurrence of such accidents, the proper route is indicated by a black line, marked upon the roof, which would furnish a straggler with a clue ..."

7. The Tale of a Field Hospital by Frederick Treves (1900)
"Sitting in the sun on a pile of timbers, which the engineers have left, is a typical straggler. His company has moved on to Pieters, and he has fallen out ..."

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