'Malingerer' definitions:

Definition of 'malingerer'

From: WordNet
noun
Someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity [syn: malingerer, skulker, shammer]

Definition of 'Malingerer'

From: GCIDE
  • Malingerer \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. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'malingerer'

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