idler

1. One who idles; one who spends their time in inaction.

   untätiger Mitarbeiter, untätige Mitarbeiterin

   тунея́децtunejádec

2. One who idles; a lazy person; a sluggard.

   Faulpelz, Faulenzer, Faulenzerin

   безде́льникbezdélʹnik, лентя́йlentjáj

   person who does no work

3. (dated)Any member of a ship's crew who is not required to keep the night-watch.

4. 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.

1. I naturally gravitated to London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained.

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