noun a roving vagabond.
2. straggler ·noun something that stands alone or by itself.
3. straggler ·noun something that shoots, or spreads out, beyond the rest, or too far; an exuberant growth.
4. straggler ·noun 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.