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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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