shirker

English

Etymology

shirk +‎ -er

Noun

shirker (plural shirkers)

1. One who shirks a duty or responsibility.
2. One who is lazy.
   • 2019, Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other, Penguin Books (2020), page 353:

     the shirkers in the family complain when she gets them chopping up wood for a few hours in the woodshed

Synonyms

• goldbrick (dated)
• slacker

Translations

Someone who shirks

• Bulgarian: кръшкач m (krǎškač)
• Catalan: emboscat m
• Dutch: uitslover (nl),
• German: Drückeberger (de) m, Verpisser m
• Italian: sfaticato (it) m
• Maori: karioi, kaikaro
• Spanish: embuscado m, candongo

Someone who is lazy

• Bulgarian: мързеливец (bg) m (mǎrzelivec)
• Dutch: luiaard (nl),
• German: Faulpelz (de) m, Faulenzer (de) m
• Italian: pigrone m
• Maori: inukorokoro, karioi, ringa mākohakoha
• Plautdietsch: Schlosäwendoot m
• Spanish: remolón (es)

See also

• malingerer

Anagrams

• Krisher