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flâneur

 
Dictionary: flâ·neur   (flä-nûr') pronunciation

n.
An aimless idler; a loafer.

[French, from flâner, to idle about, stroll, of Germanic origin.]


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an idle man-about-town; a lounger, gossiper
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IN BRIEF: n- An aimless and usually self-centered and superficial person.

 
 
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