'Malingerer' definitions:
Definition of 'malingerer'
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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'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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