Today's Word "flaneur"
One who strolls about aimlessly
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flaneur \flah-NUR\ (noun) - One who strolls about aimlessly; a lounger; a loafer.
"A squaw-man, a flaneur and dilettante took my virtue. For years I was his mistress -- no one knew. I learned from him the parasite cunning with which I moved..." -- Edgar Lee Masters, 'Spoon River Anthology'
Flaneur comes from French, from flâner, "to saunter; to stroll; to lounge about."
