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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
flâneur
 
SYLLABICATION:flâ·neur
PRONUNCIATION:  flä-nûr
NOUN: An aimless idler; a loafer.
ETYMOLOGY:French, from flâner, to idle about, stroll, of Germanic origin. See pel-2 in Appendix I.
 
 
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