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English
Etymology
idle + -er.
Noun
idler (plural idlers)
- One who idles; one who spends his or her time in inaction.
- One who idles; a lazy person; a sluggard.
- (nautical, dated) Any member of a ship's crew who is not required to keep the night-watch.
- A mechanical device such as a pulley or wheel that does not transmit power through its own axle, but forms part of a gear train, supports a moving belt, etc.
1890, The Northwestern Miller, volume 29, page 563:FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN. […] Four run stones, Munson underrunners, 3 ft diameter. […] All with idlers and in the best condition.
Synonyms
Translations
one who spends his or her time in inaction
- Bulgarian: безделник (bg) m (bezdelnik), лентяй (bg) m (lentjaj)
- Dutch: luiaard (nl) m or f
- Finnish: tyhjäntoimittaja (fi), joutomies (fi)
- French: fainéant (fr) m, fainéante (fr) f
- Galician: preguiceiro (gl)
- German: untätiger Mitarbeiter m, untätige Mitarbeiterin f
- Hungarian: naplopó (hu), semmittevő (hu)
- Latin: cessātor m
- Macedonian: бе́зделник m (bézdelnik), ле́гач m (légač)
- Occitan: landrin m, landrinaire m, pigre (oc) m, fug-òbra m or f, idola (oc) m or f
- Russian: тунея́дец (ru) m (tunejádec)
- Scottish Gaelic: leisgeadair m
- Spanish: ocioso (es) m
- Volapük: (♂♀) nosdunan (vo), (♂) hinosdunan, (♀) jinosdunan
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one who is lazy; a sluggard
- Bulgarian: ленивец (bg) m (lenivec), мързеливец (bg) m (mǎrzelivec)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 懶惰者／懒惰者 (zh) (lǎnduò zhě)
- Danish: drivert c
- Finnish: laiskuri (fi)
- French: fainéant (fr) m, fainéante (fr) f
- Galician: lampantín (gl) m, lacazán (gl) m, nugallán (gl) m
- German: Faulpelz (de) m, Faulenzer (de) m, Faulenzerin (de) f, (figuratively) Drohne (de) f
- Hindi: कामचोर m (kāmcor)
- Italian: fannullone (it) m, scansafatiche (it) m or f, sfaticato (it) m, poltrone (it) m, pigrone m, sfaccendato (it) m, ozioso (it) m
- Macedonian: бе́зделник m (bézdelnik), безде́лничар m (bezdélničar), вле́чко m (vléčko), мр́зливец m (mŕzlivec)
- Maori: inukorokoro
- Russian: безде́льник (ru) m (bezdélʹnik), лентя́й (ru) m (lentjáj)
- Spanish: holgazán (es) m, flojo (es) m, remolón (es), comodón, zángano (es) m
- Tagalog: bulakbol, istambay (tl), sampiyad
- Volapük: (♂♀) trögan (vo), (♂) hitrögan, (♀) jitrögan
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Adjective
idler
- comparative form of idle: more idle
References
- “idler”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “idler”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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