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malingerer

N คน แกล้ง ป่วย  kon-kang-puai

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MALINGERER

Ma *lin "ger *er, n. Etym: [F. malingre sickly, weakly, prob. from mal ill + OF. heingre, haingre, thin, lean, infirm, fr. L. aeger.]

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

malingerer

ma lin ger er |məˈliNGgərər | noun a person who malingers: the doctor said my son was a malingerer.

 

Oxford Dictionary

malingerer

ma ¦lin |ger ¦er |məˈlɪŋg (ə )rə (r )| noun a person who malingers; a shirker: the doctor said my son was a malingerer.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

malingerer

malingerer noun you won't find any whiners or malingerers in this outfit: shirker, idler, layabout, loafer; informal slacker, goof-off, goldbrick.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

malingerer

malingerer noun patients for whom no specific diagnosis can be made tend to be regarded as malingerers: shirker, slacker, idler, layabout; Brit. informal skiver, lead-swinger; N. Amer. informal gold brick.