fainéant

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The Count de Faineant embraced me with more ardour than ever I was embraced by mortal man.

From A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy by Sterne, Laurence

Then was written, in rough bold characters, the words, "Le Noir Faineant".

From Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter, Sir

The Company contents itself with being Mayor of the Palace, while the Roi Faineant is suffered to play at being a sovereign.

From Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron