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noun
One who wanders aimlessly, who roams, who travels at a lounging pace. One who walks to observe and enjoy rather than to get somewhere.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: ambler, saunterer, stroller, wanderer
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An idler, a loafer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: bum, couch potato, dawdler, deadbeat, dogfucker, do-naught, do-nothing, dosser, idler, idleton, faineant, flaneur, footler, get-nothing, good-for-nothing, goldbricker, goof-off, lallygag, lollygagger, laggard, layabout, lazy ass, lazybones, lazy louse, lidderon, lie-abed, loafer, loiter-sack, lounge lizard, lounger, morepork, ne'er-do-well, poop, ragabash, shirker, skiver, slacker, slob, slow belly, slug, slugabed, slug-a-bed, slugabug, sluggabed, sluggard, sofa spud, tarrier, truant, wasteman, waster, wastrel
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To wander aimlessly or at a lounging pace. To walk to observe and enjoy rather than to get somewhere.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From French flâneur (“loafer, idler, dawdler, loiterer”).
Across languages
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
