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strayer

strayer noun: one who strays. Also the comparative form of stray.

Noun

strayer (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

Proper noun capitalized: Strayer

Strayer (plural Strayers)

  1. A surname.

Also used as

strayer is also the comparative form of stray.

Forms of strayer

Noun
pluralstrayers
Proper noun
pluralStrayers

Origin of strayer

From stray + -er.

Questions about strayer

What does strayer mean?
Strayer means one who strays.
What part of speech is strayer?
Strayer can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of strayer?
The plural of strayer is strayers.

Words near strayer in the dictionary

  1. stray dogs
  2. Straya
  3. Strayan
  4. Strayans
  5. strayed
  6. strayer
  7. strayers
  8. strayest
  9. strayeth
  10. Strayhorn
  11. Strayhorns

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Adapted from Wiktionary: strayer (page history and authors); Strayer (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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