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plural stragglers
A person who straggles, or departs from the direct or proper course, or from the company to which they belong. quotations examples
She recounted her life in pre-World War II Eastern Europe and how a ragtag band of Red Army stragglers, escaped prisoners of war and Jewish and gentile Resistance fighters — including some women — harassed the Germans behind the Wehrmacht’s front lines in the forests and swamps of what is now Belarus.
2021 May 28, Sam Roberts, “Faye Schulman Dies; Fought Nazis With a Rifle and a Camera”, in The New York Times
One who falls behind the rest, for example in a race. examples
One who roams without any settled direction. examples
A migratory animal found away from its usual range. examples
A roving vagabond. examples
Something that shoots, or spreads out, beyond the rest, or too far; an exuberant growth. examples
Something that stands alone or by itself. examples