Synonyms for straggler

Grammar : Noun

Spell : strag-uh l

Phonetic Transcription : ˈstræg əl

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Définition of straggler

Origin : c.1400, "to wander from the proper path, to rove from one's companions," perhaps from a Scandinavian source (cf. dialectal Norwegian stragla "to walk laboriously"), or a frequentative of straken "to move, go." Specifically of soldiers from 1520s. Related: Straggled; straggling.

noun laggard

Example sentences :

May your straggler justify your odd fancy this time, brother!
Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine

Only the straggler or deserter has as few marks as you to show.
Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston

The last swift I observed was about the 21st August; it was a straggler.
Extract from : « The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 » by Gilbert White

He whistled and sounded his horn in vain; the straggler paid no attention to the summons.
Extract from : « Aesop's Fables » by Aesop

Some thought a straggler had used it as a lodging, and set it on fire in lighting his pipe.
Extract from : « Freaks of Fortune » by Oliver Optic

He entered cautiously, fearing a straggler had sought shelter there.
Extract from : « Minnie's Pet Dog » by Madeline Leslie

It is a straggler to Oceania and has not been recorded in the Hawaiian Islands.
Extract from : « The Avifauna of Micronesia, Volume 3 » by Rollin H. Baker

It is recorded as a straggler to the Caroline and Mariana islands.
Extract from : « The Avifauna of Micronesia, Volume 3 » by Rollin H. Baker

Upward they spring, one and all; not one idler or straggler remains behind.
Extract from : « The Sea » by Jules Michelet

My own servant, who had lost me in the crowd, was arrested as a straggler.
Extract from : « A Company of Tanks » by W. H. L. Watson

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