What does "malingerer" mean?

`n.` 装病以逃避责任者,装病的人

How do you pronounce "malingerer"?

The pronunciation is /mə'liŋgərə/. Listen to American and British pronunciations on this page.

`n.` 装病以逃避责任者,装病的人

[US]/mə'liŋgərə/

Frequency: Very High

n. someone who pretends to be ill in order to avoid responsibility, a person who feigns illness.

But by the end of the scene his bluster has revealed Osborne as a malingerer, a rummy and a jerk;

But by the end of the scene his bluster has revealed Osborne as a malingerer, a rummy and a jerk;

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