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MALINGERER

Dictionary entry overview: What does malingerer mean?

• MALINGERER (noun)
The noun MALINGERER has 1 sense:

1. someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity

Familiarity information: MALINGERER used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• MALINGERER (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

malingerer; shammer; skulker

Hypernyms ("malingerer" is a kind of...):

shirker; slacker (a person who shirks their work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime))

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