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shirker, n.
(shirkers)
more info a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime)
<noun.person>

shirker slacker
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
slack
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
shirk
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domain of synset (topic)
armed forces, military, armed services, military machine, war machine
hyponym
goldbrick malingerer, skulker, shammer scrimshanker
hypernym
idler, loafer, do-nothing, layabout, bum