"shirker" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: shirkers [plural]
Etymology: shirk + -er Etymology templates: {{affix|en|shirk|-er|id2=agent noun}} shirk + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} shirker (plural shirkers)
  1. One who shirks a duty or responsibility. Categories (topical): People Translations (Someone who shirks): кръшкач (krǎškač) [masculine] (Bulgarian), emboscat [masculine] (Catalan), uitslover (Dutch), Drückeberger [masculine] (German), Verpisser [masculine] (German), sfaticato [masculine] (Italian), karioi (Maori), kaikaro (Maori), embuscado [masculine] (Spanish), candongo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-shirker-en-noun-71oKSyip Disambiguation of People: 48 52 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 46 54 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 48 52 Disambiguation of 'Someone who shirks': 66 34
  2. One who is lazy. Categories (topical): People Translations (Someone who is lazy): мързеливец (mǎrzelivec) [masculine] (Bulgarian), luiaard (Dutch), Faulpelz [masculine] (German), Faulenzer [masculine] (German), pigrone [masculine] (Italian), inukorokoro (Maori), karioi (Maori), ringa mākohakoha (Maori), Schlosäwendoot [masculine] (Plautdietsch), remolón (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-shirker-en-noun-hzr-MZq9 Disambiguation of People: 48 52 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 46 54 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 48 52 Disambiguation of 'Someone who is lazy': 22 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: goldbrick [dated], slacker Related terms: malingerer

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "Someone who shirks",
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      "sense": "Someone who shirks",
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      "sense": "Someone who shirks",
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      "sense": "Someone who shirks",
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      "sense": "Someone who shirks",
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      "sense": "Someone who is lazy",
      "word": "luiaard"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Someone who is lazy",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Faulpelz"
    },
    {
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      "sense": "Someone who is lazy",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Faulenzer"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Someone who is lazy",
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    {
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      "sense": "Someone who is lazy",
      "word": "inukorokoro"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "Someone who is lazy",
      "word": "karioi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "Someone who is lazy",
      "word": "ringa mākohakoha"
    },
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      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "Someone who is lazy",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Schlosäwendoot"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Someone who is lazy",
      "word": "remolón"
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