Found 2 items, similar to malingerer.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: malingerer malingerer n : someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity [syn: skulker, shammer]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Malingerer Malingerer \Ma*lin"ger*er\, n. [F. malingre sickly, weakly, prob. from mal ill + OF. heingre, haingre, thin, lean, infirm, fr. L. aeger.] 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. [1913 Webster]