English-Portuguese translations for straggler

• lanterninha
• retardatário
  Pelo contrário, o seu desempenho deverá ser um incitamento para os retardatários, pois, de outro modo, não haverá quaisquer progressos no futuro. Their achievement must be a spur to the stragglers, otherwise there will be no progress in future.
  Alega-se, como fundamento, que se negoceia com os países mais adiantados económica e socialmente, na esperança de que os retardatários vão recuperar. This is justified by the claim that one should negotiate with the economically and socially most advanced applicants in the hope that the stragglers will eventually catch up.

Definition of straggler

• A person who straggles, or departs from the direct or proper course, or from the company to which they belong
• One who roams without any settled direction
• A roving vagabond
• Something that stands alone or by itself

Related words

• straggle
• blue straggler
• Brant Broughton and Stragglethorpe