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strayer|ˈstreɪə(r)| [f. stray v.2 + -er1.] One who strays, in the senses of the verb.
1519W. Horman Vulg. 263 b, He called ageyne the strayers out of ordre. 1570Foxe A. & M. (ed. 2) 1912/1 A great straier abroad in all quarters of the realme to deface and impeach the springing of Gods holy Gospel. 1575–85Abp. Sandys Serm. vii. §15. 113 All sinners are straiers: for sinne maketh a diuision betweene God and man. 1638Rutherford Lett. (1881) 50 Ye faithful pastors yet amongst the flocks..; Or any weak, tired strayers who cast but half an eye after the Bridegroom. 1868Browning Ring & Bk. iv. 1245 For the priest, spritely strayer out of bounds,..Let him be relegate to Civita. 1908Academy 4 Jan. 308/2 We suspect that, like ‘the old prophet,’ he is a confirmed strayer from his beat. |