shirker
[
shur
-ker]
/ˈʃɜr kər/
noun
1.
a person who evades work, duty, responsibility, etc.
Origin
1790-1800;
shirk
+
-er
1
Examples from the web for
shirker
For intermediate levels of
shirker
productivity, some workers shirk in equilibrium, and some do not.
British Dictionary definitions for
shirker
shirk
1
/
ʃɜːk
/
verb
1.
to avoid discharging (work, a duty, etc); evade
noun
2.
a person who shirks
Word Origin
C17: probably from German
Schurke
rogue; see
shark
²
Word Origin and History for
shirker
n.
1799, agent noun from
shirk
.