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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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Flaneur

Fla`neur"\, n. [F., fr. fl[^a]ner to stroll.] One who strolls about aimlessly; a lounger; a loafer.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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