straggler has definitions from the field of work
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[ noun ] (work) someone who strays or falls behind

Synonyms

strayer

Used in print

(Booton Herndon, "From Custer to Korea, The 7th Cavalry"...)

He had formed his own task_force of three stragglers and led them up the hill in a Fighting_Seventh charge .

Related terms

dawdler wander

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