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SHAMMER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who makes deceitful pretenses
Synonyms:
fake; faker; fraud; imposter; impostor; pretender; pseud; pseudo; role player; sham; shammer
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("shammer" is a kind of...):
beguiler; cheat; cheater; deceiver; slicker; trickster (someone who leads you to believe something that is not true)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shammer"):
name dropper (someone who pretends that famous people are his/her friends)
ringer (a contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses)
Derivation:
sham (make believe with the intent to deceive)
sham (make a pretence of)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity
Synonyms:
malingerer; shammer; skulker
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("shammer" is a kind of...):
shirker; slacker (a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime))
Derivation:
sham (make believe with the intent to deceive)
sham (make a pretence of)
