About The Word Malingerer
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Malingerer
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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 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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