| Definition of 'straggler' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) straggler, strayer
someone who strays or falls behind
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| Definition of 'straggler' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) straggler
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. (noun) straggler
a roving vagabond
3. (noun) straggler
something that shoots, or spreads out, beyond the rest, or too far; an exuberant growth
4. (noun) straggler
something that stands alone or by itself
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| Definition of 'straggler' |
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms |
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1. straggler
1. Any personnel, vehicles, ships, or aircraft which, without apparent purpose or assigned mission, become separated from their unit, column, or formation. 2. A ship separated from its convoy by more than 5 nautical miles, through inability to keep up, and unable to rejoin before dark, or over 10 nautical miles from its convoy whether or not it can rejoin before dark. See also romper.
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Sense: a person who walks too slowly during a march etc and gets left behind
A car was sent to pick up the stragglers.
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 Afrikaans: agterblyers |
 Arabic: مُتَخَلِّف عن الرَّكْب |
 Bulgarian: изоставащ от частта си во |
 Brazilian: retardatário |
 Czech: opozdilec |
 German: der/die Nachzügler(in) |
 Danish: person, der sakker bagud |
 Greek: αυτός που έχει ξεμείνει π |
 Spanish: rezagado |
 Estonian: mahajäänu |
 Farsi: نفر آخر |
 Finnish: hidastelija |
 French: traînard/-arde |
 Hebrew: מִזדַנֵב |
 Hindi: किसी मार्च में पिछड़ने वा |
 Croatian: onaj koji je zaostao (za |
 Hungarian: elmaradozó |
 Indonesian: orang yang tertinggal |
 Icelandic: e-r sem dregst afturúr |
 Italian: ritardatario |
 Japanese: 落後者 |
 Korean: 탈락자, 낙오자 |
 Lithuanian: atsilikėlis |
 Latvian: atpalikušais; pakaļpalicē |
 Malay: orang yang jalan perlahan |
 Dutch: achterblijven |
 Norwegian: etternøler |
 Polish: maruder |
 Persian: نفر آخر |
 Pashto: وروستی نفر |
 Portuguese: retardatário |
 Romanian: persoană înceată |
 Russian: отставший |
 Slovak: oneskorenec |
 Slovenian: zamudnik |
 Serbian: lutalica |
 Swedish: eftersläntrare |
 Thai: คนที่พลัดหลง |
 Turkish: geri kalan kimse |
 Taiwanese: 落伍者 |
 Ukrainian: відсталий; людина, що від |
 Urdu: آوارہ گرد |
 Vietnamese: người không đi theo hàng |
 Chinese: 落伍者 |
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