Usually means: Person who avoids work, lazy.
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  2. idler: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. idler: Collins English Dictionary
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  5. Idler, idler: Wordnik
  6. idler: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. idler: Wiktionary
  8. idler: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. idler: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
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  11. Idler, idler: Dictionary.com
  12. idler: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  13. The Idler (disambiguation), The Idler: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Idler: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. idler: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. idler: Rhymezone
  17. Idler: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. idler: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. idler: FreeDictionary.org
  20. idler: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  22. idler: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. idler: Urban Dictionary

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  1. Idler: Bicycle Glossary

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(Note: See idle as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  One who idles; one who spends his or her time in inaction.
noun:  One who idles; a lazy person; a sluggard.
noun:  (nautical, dated) Any member of a ship's crew who is not required to keep the night-watch.
noun:  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.

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