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SKULKER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does skulker mean?
• SKULKER (noun)
The noun SKULKER has 2 senses:
1. someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity
2. someone waiting in concealment
Familiarity information: SKULKER used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
malingerer; shammer; skulker
Hypernyms ("skulker" is a kind of...):
shirker; slacker (a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime))
Derivation:
skulk (avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Someone waiting in concealment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("skulker" is a kind of...):
waiter (a person who waits or awaits)
Derivation:
skulk (lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner)
Context examples
John himself was no skulker in joy.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
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