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flâ⋅neur

  [flah-nœr]
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–noun, plural -neurs  [-nœr] . French.
idler; dawdler; loafer.
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flâ·neur   (flä-nûr')   
n.  An aimless idler; a loafer.

[French, from flâner, to idle about, stroll, of Germanic origin; see pelə-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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flâneur 
"loafer, idler," 1854, from Fr. flâner "to stroll, loaf, saunter," probably from a Scand. source (cf. Norw. flana, flanta "to gad about").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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