Meaning of the word straggler in English

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straggler

US /ˈstræɡ.lɚ/
UK /ˈstræɡ.lɚ/

Noun

1.

a person or animal that is last in a group to do something or the last to get to or leave a place:

Example:
We watched the last of the stragglers come in, three hours after the first runner.
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