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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 pel-² in Indo-European roots.]

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, who was mistaken for a mere flaneur by those who misunderstood the Irish character-- and those who had not been examined by him.

The Wisdom Of Father Brown by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context

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