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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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