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Skulker
noun
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Noun
- 1 Agent noun of skulk; one who skulks.; One who stays where they cannot be seen (often in a cowardly way or with the intent of doing harm).
"1894, William Taylor Adams (as Oliver Optic), Brother Against Brother, or The War on the Border, Boston: Lee and Shepard, Chapter 22, p. 274, Our men, from their position, can’t see these skulkers, who will have a good chance to pick off some of them at their leisure."
- 2 someone waiting in concealment wordnet
- 3 Agent noun of skulk; one who skulks.; One who moves in a stealthy or furtive way; one who comes or goes while trying to avoid detection.
"Afterwards he was again taken by Ethiopian Skulkers, and carry’d away into the Maritime Parts of Ethiopia."
- 4 someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity wordnet
- 5 Agent noun of skulk; one who skulks.; One who avoids an obligation or responsibility.
"When we appeared upon deck, the captain bid the doctor, who stood bowing at his right hand, look at these lazy, lubberly sons of bitches, who were good for nothing on board, but to eat the king’s provision, and encourage idleness in the skulkers."
Etymology
From skulk + -er.
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