Faineant

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  • n. An irresponsible or lazy person.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Doing nothing; shiftless; disinclined to work or exertion.
  • n. A do-nothing; an idle fellow; a sluggard.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Literally, do-nothing; specifically, an epithet applied to the later Merovingian kings of France, who were puppets in the hands of the mayors of the palace.
  • n. A do-nothing; a lazy, shiftless fellow.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. disinclined to work or exertion
    • Equivalent
    idle    fainéant   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    do-nothing    sluggard   
     
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