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Webster 1913 Edition
Straggler
Strag′gler
,Noun.
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.
Shak.
3.
Something that shoots, or spreads out, beyond the rest, or too far; an exuberant growth.
Let thy hand supply the pruning knife,
And crop luxuriant
And crop luxuriant
stragglers
. Dryden.
4.
Something that stands alone or by itself.
Webster 1828 Edition
Straggler
STRAGGLER
,Noun.
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.