loafer

n.
One who is habitually idle: disliked loafers on the job.

[Short for obsolete land-loafer, vagabond, idler, possibly partial translation of obsolete German Landläufer, from Middle High German landlöufer : land, land + löufer, runner (from loufen, to run , from Old High German hlouffan).]

noun

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

n

Definition: person who is idle, lazy
Antonyms: hard worker

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The noun has one meaning:

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

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - dagdriver, lediggænger, hyttesko, mokkasin

Nederlands (Dutch)
lanterfanter, platte instapper (schoen)

Français (French)
n. - flemmard, mocassin

Deutsch (German)
n. - Faulenzer, Halbschuh

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - χασομέρης, σουλατσαδόρος, ακαμάτης, παπούτσι παντοφλέ

Italiano (Italian)
bighellone

Português (Portuguese)
n. - vadio (m), sapato (m) mocassim

Русский (Russian)
бездельник, кожаные мокасины

Español (Spanish)
n. - haragán, holgazán, gandul

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - dagdrivare, flanör, loafer (slags sko)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
游手好闲的人, 拖鞋, 懒人

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 遊手好閒的人, 拖鞋, 懶人

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 게으름쟁이 , 뒤축 없는 일상화

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 怠け者, のらくら者, 浮浪者, ローファー

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) المتسكع, المتبطل, حذاء شبيه بالموكانسات‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮הולך-בטל, בטלן, נעל נוחה (ללא שרוכים)‬

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