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 Definitions of shirker  [ˈʃɜr kər]  

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Definition of 'shirker' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) shirker
a person who evades work, duty, responsibility, etc.

Etymology:  (1790–1800)

Definition of 'shirker' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) slacker, shirker
a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime)


Definition of 'shirker' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) shirker
one who shirks


Translation of 'shirker' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to avoid doing, accepting responsibility for etc (something one ought to)
She shirked telling him the bad news that night.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: vermyer Arabic flag Arabic: من يَتَهَرَّب من واجِبِه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: кръшкач
Brazilian flag Brazilian: mandrião Czech flag Czech: lenoch German flag German: der/die Drückeberger(in)
Danish flag Danish: skulker Greek flag Greek: λουφαδόρος Spanish flag Spanish: gandul, flojo
Estonian flag Estonian: viilija Farsi flag Farsi: اجتناب Finnish flag Finnish: lintsari
French flag French: tire-au-flanc Hebrew flag Hebrew: מִשתַמֵט Hindi flag Hindi: कामचोर, कर्तव्य-त्यागी
Croatian flag Croatian: zabušant Hungarian flag Hungarian: kötelességmulasztó Indonesian flag Indonesian: jawab
Icelandic flag Icelandic: e-r sem vanrækir skyldu s Italian flag Italian: lavativo Japanese flag Japanese: なまけ者
Korean flag Korean: 기피자 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: išsisukinėtojas Latvian flag Latvian: izvairīgs cilvēks
Malay flag Malay: orang yang suka curi tula Dutch flag Dutch: drukker Norwegian flag Norwegian: unnalurer, skulker
Polish flag Polish: krętacz Persian flag Persian: اجتناب Pashto flag Pashto: ډډه
Portuguese flag Portuguese: mandrião Romanian flag Romanian: leneş, chiulangiu Russian flag Russian: лодырь
Slovak flag Slovak: leňoch Slovenian flag Slovenian: zmuzne Serbian flag Serbian: zabušant
Swedish flag Swedish: smitare, skolkare Thai flag Thai: ผู้หลีกเลี่ยง Turkish flag Turkish: kaytaran kimse
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 沒有擔當的人 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: людина, яка ухиляється ві Urdu flag Urdu: کام چور یا فراری آدمی
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: người trốn việc Chinese flag Chinese: 逃避义务者

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