shirker

[shur-ker] /ˈʃɜr kər/
noun
1.
a person who evades work, duty, responsibility, etc.
Origin
1790-1800; shirk + -er1
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

shirk1

/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 shark²
Word Origin and History for shirker
n.

1799, agent noun from shirk.