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malingerer
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun malingerer has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
malingerer, n. [F. malingre sickly, weakly, prob. from mal ill + OF. heingre, haingre, thin, lean, infirm, fr. L. aeger.].
In the army, a soldier who feigns himself sick, or who induces or protracts an illness, in order to avoid doing his duty; hence, in general, one who shirks his duty by pretending illness or inability. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
malingerer
blagueur, bluff, bluffer, bungler, charlatan, clock watcher, disregarder, dodger, eye-servant, fake, faker, fourflusher, fraud, goldbrick, goldbricker, goof-off, humbug, idler, ignorer, impersonator, impostor, mountebank, neglecter, negligent, old soldier, phony, poser, poseur, pretender, procrastinator, quack, quacksalver, quackster, ringer, saltimbanco, sham, shammer, shirk, shirker, skulk, skulker, slacker, sloven, slut, soldier, tax dodger, trifler, truant, waiter on Providence, welsher
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