• Flaneur

    Origin

    From French flâneur ("loafer, idler, dawdler, loiterer").

    Full definition of flaneur

    Noun

    flaneur

    (plural flaneurs)
    1. One who wanders aimlessly, who roams, who travels at a lounging pace.
      • 2009, Barry Estabrook, Gourmet October 2009, "Good Living", page 57Portsmouth is a flaneur’s dream come true, a place that simply begs to be explored randomly and on foot.
    2. An idler, a loafer.

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