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Definition of sluggard : 1. A person habitually lazy, idle, and inactive; a drone.
2. Sluggish; lazy.

Synonyms:

bum, biff, do-nothing, loafer, lazybones, layabout, lick, industrious, no-good, clout, bullet, do-little, slugabed, type slug, wastrel, good-for-nothing, slouch, slug, poke, punch, drone, idler

Usage examples:

• Whoever does not know that I used last night in his Majesty's service for a better purpose than sleep will deem me a lazy sluggard. - "The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers", Georg Ebers.
• Colonel Daggett will forward the men at once- I hope under Maynard- and Jack is no sluggard. - "The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop", Hamlin Garland.
• Solomon startles the sluggard with his sharp admonition to betake himself to the ant. - "A Fleece of Gold Five Lessons from the Fable of Jason and the Golden Fleece", Charles Stewart Given.