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
- 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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