MALINGERER

malingerer, skulker, shammer

(noun) someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

malingerer (plural malingerers)

A person who malingers.

Synonyms: goldbrick (dated), one of his majesty's bad bargains (obsolete), pseudopatient (dated)

Source: Wiktionary

Ma*lin"ger*er, n. Etym: [F. malingre sickly, weakly, prob. from mal ill + OF. heingre, haingre, thin, lean, infirm, fr. L. aeger.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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