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    SHIRKER

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime)play

    Synonyms:

    shirker; slacker

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

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

    bum; do-nothing; idler; layabout; loafer (person who does no work)

    Domain category:

    armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shirker"):

    goldbrick (a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort)

    malingerer; shammer; skulker (someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity)

    scrimshanker (a shirker)

    Derivation:

    shirk (avoid (one's assigned duties))

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