Definitions for straggler
strag·gler

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. straggler, strayernoun

   someone who strays or falls behind

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. stragglernoun

   One who straggles, or departs from the direct or proper course, or from the company to which he belongs.

2. stragglernoun

   One who falls behind the rest.

3. stragglernoun

   One who rambles without any settled direction.

4. stragglernoun

   A roving vagabond.

5. stragglernoun

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

6. stragglernoun

   Something that stands alone or by itself.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Stragglernoun

   Etymology: from straggle.

   1. A wanderer; a rover; one who forsakes his company; one who rambles without any settled direction.

   The last should keep the countries from passage of stragglers from those parts, whence they use to come forth, and oftentimes use to work much mischief. Edmund Spenser, Ireland.

   Let’s whip these stragglers o’er the seas again,
   Lash hence these over-weening rags of France,
   These famish’d beggars. William Shakespeare, Richard III.

   His pruning hook corrects the vines,
   And the loose stragglers to their ranks confines. Alexander Pope.

   Bottles missing are supposed to be half stolen by stragglers, and the other half broken. Jonathan Swift.

   2. Any thing that pushes beyond the rest, or stands single.

   Let thy hand supply the pruning knife,
   And crop luxuriant stragglers, nor be loth
   To strip the branches of their leafy growth. Dryden.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. straggler

   A straggler is a person or thing that falls behind or moves more slowly than the rest of a group, typically as a result of moving or acting more slowly or with hesitation. It may also refer to an isolated or random occurrence of something that is typically found in groups or sequences.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Stragglernoun

   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. Stragglernoun

   a roving vagabond

3. Stragglernoun

   something that shoots, or spreads out, beyond the rest, or too far; an exuberant growth

4. Stragglernoun

   something that stands alone or by itself

Dictionary of Military and Associated TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of straggler in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of straggler in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=straggler
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Straggler
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=straggler
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/straggler
6. ^ Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
   https://www.tradoc.army.mil/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AD1029823-DOD-Dictionary-of-Military-and-Associated-Terms-2017.pdf