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Straggler [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A wanderer; a rover; one that departs from the direct or proper course; one that rambles without any settled direction.

2. A vagabond; a wandering shiftless fellow.

3. Something that shoots beyond the rest or too far.

4. Something that stands by itself.

Straggler [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

2. A roving vagabond.

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

4. Something that stands alone or by itself.