Noun: shammer sha-mu(r)
- Someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity
"The sergeant suspected the soldier was a shammer";
- malingerer, skulker
- A person who makes deceitful pretences
"The shammer claimed to be a long-lost relative to gain access to the family fortune";
- imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, sham, pseudo, pseud [informal]
Derived forms: shammers
Type of: deceiver, shirker, slacker [US, informal], slicker [informal], trickster
Encyclopedia: Shammer