absentee vs straggler

absentee

noun
  • A person who is absent from his or her employment, school, post, duty, etc. 

  • One that is nonexistent or lacking. 

  • A landholder who lives in another district or country than the one in which his estate is situated. 

  • A voter that is not present at the time of voting; absentee voter. 

adj
  • Pertaining to one that is absent. 

straggler

noun
  • A person who straggles, or departs from the direct or proper course, or from the company to which they belong. 

  • Something that stands alone or by itself. 

  • One who falls behind the rest, for example in a race. 

  • Something that shoots, or spreads out, beyond the rest, or too far; an exuberant growth. 

  • One who roams without any settled direction. 

  • A roving vagabond. 

  • A migratory animal found away from its usual range. 

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