'Straggler' definitions:

Definition of 'straggler'

(from WordNet)
noun
Someone who strays or falls behind [syn: straggler, strayer]

Definition of 'Straggler'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A roving vagabond. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Something that shoots, or spreads out, beyond the rest, or too far; an exuberant growth. [1913 Webster]
  • Let thy hand supply the pruning knife, And crop luxuriant stragglers. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Something that stands alone or by itself. [1913 Webster]