Definition of "straggler" [strag•gler]

• One who straggles, or departs from the direct or proper course, or from the company to which he belongs. (noun)
• One who falls behind the rest. (noun)
• One who rambles without any settled direction. (noun)
• A roving vagabond. (noun)
• Something that shoots, or spreads out, beyond the rest, or too far; an exuberant growth. (noun)

Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

• "No enemy fighters sighted - thank God - because a straggler is a dead duck."
• "No such luck … I was a math straggler from the get-go."
• "At this rate, it has been calculated that our passenger-pigeon might go to Europe in three days; indeed, a straggler is said to have been actually shot in Scotland."