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Malingerer

Malingerer Meaning & Definition
Malingerer Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Malingerer?

[n] someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity

Synonyms | Synonyms for Malingerer: shammer | skulker

Related Terms | Find terms related to 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

See Also | shirker | slacker

Malingerer In Webster's Dictionary

\Ma*lin"ger*er\, 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.

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