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malingerer


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  malingerer 
  n  :  someone  shirking  their  duty  [syn:  {skulker}] 




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