straggler

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

straggler
    n 1: someone who strays or falls behind [syn: {straggler},
         {strayer}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Straggler \Strag"gler\, n.
   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.
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   2. A roving vagabond. --Shak.
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   3. Something that shoots, or spreads out, beyond the rest, or
      too far; an exuberant growth.
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            Let thy hand supply the pruning knife,
            And crop luxuriant stragglers.        --Dryden.
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   4. Something that stands alone or by itself.
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