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Webster 1913 Edition

Shirker

Shirk′er

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Noun.

One who shirks.

Macaulay.

Definition 2025

shirker

shirker

English

Noun

shirker ‎(plural shirkers)

One who shirks a duty or responsibility.
One who is lazy.

Synonyms

goldbrick (dated)

See also

malingerer

Translations

Someone who shirks

Catalan: emboscat m
German: Drückeberger (de) m, Verpisser m

Spanish: embuscado m

Someone who is lazy

German: Faulpelz (de) m, Faulenzer (de) m

Maori: inukorokoro, karioi