idler

English

idle +‎ -er.

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[1]
A mechanical device such as a pulley or wheel that does not transmit power, but supports a moving belt etc.[2][3][4]

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

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

rotary supporting device

idler

“idler”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
idler in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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