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straggler

 

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Noun straggler has 1 sense
  1. straggler, strayer - someone who strays or falls behind
    --1 is a kind of dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, trailer
    Derived form: verb straggle1

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Straggler

Noun

1. a person or animal that lags behind the main group, especially while walking or traveling.

Example sentence: The hiker noticed a straggler struggling to keep up with the rest of the group.

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Noun

2. a soldier who has fallen out of Line of March.

Example sentence: The sergeant reprimanded the straggler for falling behind during the drill.

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Noun

3. a plant or tree that grows far apart from others of its kind.

Example sentence: The lone straggler rose above the field of wildflowers.

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Adjective

1. not in a proper or compact group; scattered.

Example sentence: The straggler branches protruded in various directions.

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