Usually means: Person who avoids responsibility, accountability.
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  1. buck passer: Merriam-Webster
  2. buck-passer: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  3. buck-passer: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  4. buck passer: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. buck-passer, buck passer: Dictionary.com
  6. buck-passer: TheFreeDictionary.com

(Note: See buck-passing as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (buck-passing)

noun:  (idiomatic) Blameshifting; the act of absolving oneself of responsibility or concern for a given matter by claiming to lack authority or jurisdiction.
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