malingerer

malingerer
Synonyms and related words:
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

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  • malingerer — n. A person who malingers. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008. malingerer in military law …   Law dictionary

  • 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; …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • malingerer — [n] slacker dodger, goof off, idler, loafer, shirker; concept 412 …   New thesaurus

  • malingerer — malinger ma‧lin‧ger [məˈlɪŋgə ǁ ər] verb [intransitive] to avoid work by pretending to be ill: • We need to discourage employees from malingering but provide help for those who are genuinely sick. malingerer noun [countable] * * * malingerer UK… …   Financial and business terms

  • malingerer — malinger ► VERB ▪ exaggerate or feign illness in order to escape duty or work. DERIVATIVES malingerer noun. ORIGIN from French malingre weak, sickly …   English terms dictionary

  • malingerer — noun see malinger …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • malingerer — See malinger. * * * …   Universalium

  • malingerer — noun A person who malingers. Syn: goldbrick, one of his majestys bad bargains …   Wiktionary

  • malingerer — One who engages in malingering. * * * ma·lin·ger·er ər n an individual who malingers * * * ma·lin·ger·er (mə lingґər ər) [Fr. malingre sickly] an individual who is guilty of malingering …   Medical dictionary

  • malingerer — Canadian Slang Slang for a soldier who constantly uses the MIR to avoid work. See Sick, Lame and Lazy …   English dialects glossary

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