strayer

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noun

One who strays.

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straggler
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Meanings

strayer1

nounstrayer (plural strayers)

plural strayers

  1. One who strays.

    You can’t tell the strayers without a scorecard.

    2008 May 6, Clyde Haberman, “In Politics Today, Bribery Just Seems So Old-School”, in New York Times
adjective
  1. comparativerarecomparative form of stray: more stray

Strayer2

proper nounStrayer (plural Strayers)

plural Strayers

  1. A surname.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsomeone who strays or falls behind

Similar
straggler
Broader
dawdlerdronelaggard
Also see
straggler

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From stray + -er.

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Cite this entry
APA

strayer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strayer

MLA

“strayer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strayer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “strayer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strayer.

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