Straggler - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com Stragglers are constantly in danger of missing the bus A straggler is the last person to leave a party, lingering to finish their cake and wander around looking for their coat
Stragglers - definition of stragglers by The Free Dictionary To move or proceed slowly or in a scattered or irregular group: "The millworkers straggled out for lunch" (Carson McCullers) b To move or lag behind another or others: "Bawling calves straggled after cows" (Jean M Auel) 2 To extend or be spread out: "The willow herb straggled over the heaps of rubble" (George Orwell) 3
straggler noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . . a person or an animal that is among the last or the slowest in a group to do something, for example, to finish a race or leave a place The tour guide came back for the stragglers who were still taking pictures The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words
STRAGGLER definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary The stragglers are the people in a group who are moving more slowly or making less progress than the others There were two stragglers twenty yards back Any straggler that fell behind or got lost in the darkness was easy prey for the enemy
straggler - Wiktionary, the free dictionary Noun [edit] straggler (plural stragglers) Someone who goes against the direct or proper course, or from the company to which they belong