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flaneur

[flah-nœr]

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noun, plural flâ·neurs

[-nœr] . French.

idler; dawdler; loafer.

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flaneur

"loafer, idler," 1854, from Fr. flâneur, from flâner "to stroll, loaf, saunter," probably from a Scand. source (cf. Norw. flana, flanta "to gad about").

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