Synonyms for skulker

Grammar : Noun

Spell : skuhlk

Phonetic Transcription : skʌlk

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Définition of skulker

Origin : c.1200, from a Scandinavian source, cf. Norwegian skulke "to shirk, malinger," Danish skulke "to spare oneself, shirk," Swedish skolka "to shirk, skulk, slink, play truant." Common in Middle English but lacking in 15c.-16c. records; possibly reborrowed 17c. Related: Skulked; skulking; skulker; skulkery.

As in coward : noun person who is scared, easily intimidated

Example sentences :

Have I told you that I thought him a skulker, a coward hiding to escape warfare?
Extract from : « Fernley House » by Laura E. Richards

Milo was there, and Milo would see to it that no skulker declined his queen's command.
Extract from : « The Pirate Woman » by Aylward Edward Dingle

After all, this skulker had more cause to be afraid of me than I of him.
Extract from : « The Exploits Of Brigadier Gerard » by Arthur Conan Doyle

Goodloe, what was the exact story about that skulker of a thief on the cross?
Extract from : « The Heart's Kingdom » by Maria Thompson Daviess

But if the intended victim, suspicious, should get unseen into the creek bed, the skulker could hardly avoid a fight.
Extract from : « Laramie Holds the Range » by Frank H. Spearman

No skulker had a chance of escape from his sharp eye, but, on the other hand, no hard-working servant was overlooked.
Extract from : « Chasing the Sun » by R.M. Ballantyne

He loathed a skulker, and his face was known for any boy who would own to fatigue or confess himself beaten.
Extract from : « Lord Ormont and his Aminta, Complete » by George Meredith

No need to call the roll, a skulker would have been detected and kicked into the ranks at the instant.
Extract from : « Warrior Gap » by Charles King

He did not personally know that the summer-house was occupied, but he argued it from the movements of the other skulker.
Extract from : « The Code of the Mountains » by Charles Neville Buck

If there be any skulker among us, blast my eyes if he shan't go down on his marrow bones and taste the liquor we have spilt!
Extract from : « Complete Prose Works » by Walt Whitman

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