layabout

n.
A lazy or idle person; a loafer.

noun

A self-indulgent person who spends time avoiding work or other useful activity: bum¹, drone¹, fainéant, good-for-nothing, idler, loafer, ne'er-do-well, no-good, slugabed, sluggard, wastrel. Informal do-little, do-nothing, lazybones, slug². Slang slouch. See industrious/lazy.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: person who does no work
  Synonyms: idler, loafer, do-nothing, bum

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - dagdriver, drivert, drønnert, døgenigt

Nederlands (Dutch)
nietsnut, leegloper

Français (French)
n. - fainéant

Deutsch (German)
n. - Nichtstuer

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αλήτης, χαραμοφάης, κοπρόσκυλο

Italiano (Italian)
fannullone

Português (Portuguese)
n. - vadio, ocioso

Русский (Russian)
бездельник

Español (Spanish)
n. - gandul, vago, zángano

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - (sl.) dagdrivare, odåga, arbetsskygg individ

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
懒惰者

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 懶惰者

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 게으름뱅이, 방랑자

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 浮浪者

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الرمي, مرمي هنا وهناك, بلا نظام أو ترتيب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮בטלן, הולך בטל‬

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