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# straggler

«straggler» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a person or animal that falls behind the others on a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (stragglers)

### meaning for a pupil

A straggler is a person or animal that falls behind the others on a march, walk or journey. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/straggler/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: Isaiah's picture is of a fierce, disciplined army from the north that leaves no weak soldier behind. This warns Philistia that its enemy will be strong. In the primary lessons: one who lags behind the group, often a lost sheep, soldier or child in a tale; the teacher waited for the stragglers

### examples

- Howl, O gate; cry, O city; melt away, O Philistia, all of thee; for there cometh a smoke out of the north, and there is no straggler in his ranks. (Prophets ISA.14.31, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/straggler/#x1)
- The teacher waited at the gate for the stragglers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/straggler/#x2)
- A straggler was still in the woods when the others went home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/straggler/#x3)
- The stragglers caught up after an hour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/straggler/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths; a straggler still belongs to the group, so count each one with the rest

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «straggler» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/straggler/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.