One who skulks or hides himself; a shirker.

One who skulks, in various senses. †Also as a name for the hare.

One who hangs back or gives way, esp. at a crisis or in time of danger, etc.; one who shrinks from (an undertaking, etc.).

A person who or thing which quits, leaves, or abandons something. Now chiefly: a person who or thing which ceases or gives up an action or…

dialect or colloquial. A sneaking, shirking, cowardly fellow; a sneak or skulk.

One who or that which turns back or is turned back; an act of turning back. n. (a) One who faint-heartedly retreats, or gives up an enterprise…

One who makes off in a sneaking manner.