Straggler
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈstɹæɡlə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Straggler is a noun meaning Someone who goes against the direct or proper course, or from the company to which they belong.
Meaning
Someone who goes against the direct or proper course, or from the company to which they belong.
More Meanings
- One who falls behind the rest, for example in a race.
- One who roams without any settled direction.
- A migratory animal found away from its usual range.
- A roving vagabond.
- Something that shoots, or spreads out, beyond the rest, or too far; an exuberant growth.
- Something that stands alone or by itself.
Example Sentences
This isn't the 1970s, when the UK stood out as the European straggler.
She recounted her life in pre-World War II Eastern Europe and how a ragtag band of Red Army stragglers, escaped prisoners of war and Jewish and gentile Resistance fighters — including some women — harassed the Germans behind the Wehrmacht’s front lines in the forests and swamps of what is now Belarus.
Word Forms
- stragglers
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include strayling, drifter, straunger, stringer, outlander, straggot.
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