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 stragglers.
Dryden.
4. Something that stands alone or by itself.
STRAGGLING
Strag"gling, a. & n.
Defn: from Straggle, v.
STRAGGLINGLY
Strag"gling*ly, adv.
Defn: In a straggling manner.
STRAGULUM Strag"u*lum, n.; pl. Stragula. Etym: [L., a spread or covering, from sternere to spread out.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The mantle, or pallium, of a bird.