Malingerer : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Malingerer	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Malingerer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
malingerer n someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity Synonym(s): malingerer, skulker, shammer
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Malingerer \Malin"gerer\, 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.