noun
flaneur
Flaneur (noun) means someone who wanders without purpose, roaming at a leisurely pace. A person who walks in order to watch and take pleasure in their surroundings rather than to reach a destination.
noun
1
Someone who wanders without purpose, roaming at a leisurely pace. A person who walks in order to watch and take pleasure in their surroundings rather than to reach a destination.
"Portsmouth is a flaneur’s dream come true, a place that simply begs to be explored randomly and on foot."
— Barry Estabrook, Good Living (2009)
2
A lazy person who avoids doing any work.
"The Byrons and Brookes who had defied life from mountain tops were in the end but flaneurs and poseurs, at best mistaking the shadow of courage for the substance of wisdom."
— Francis Scott Fitzgerald (1920)
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Etymology
Taken from French flâneur ("loafer, idler, dawdler, loiterer").
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What is the meaning of flaneur?
"flaneur" (noun) means someone who wanders without purpose, roaming at a leisurely pace. A person who walks in order to watch and take pleasure in their surroundings rather than to reach a destination.
What is another word for flaneur?
Other words for "flaneur" include ambler, wanderer, stroller, bum, dosser, lazybones.
What are the different meanings of flaneur?
"flaneur" has 2 main meanings: 1. Someone who wanders without purpose, roaming at a leisurely pace. A person who walks in order to watch and take pleasure in their surroundings rather than to reach a destination; 2. A lazy person who avoids doing any work.
