skulker

Other forms: skulkers

Definitions of skulker
  1. noun
    someone waiting in concealment
    synonyms: lurcher, lurker
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    type of:
    waiter
    a person who waits or awaits
  2. noun
    someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity
    synonyms: malingerer, shammer
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    type of:
    shirker, slacker
    a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime)
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