fainéant

Example Sentences

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For George III. was by no means inclined to be a Roi fainéant.

From The Constitutional History of England from 1760 to 1860 by Yonge, Charles Duke

The situation was that in which the fainéant king accepts the act of the mayor of the palace because it is Hobson’s choice.

From The Dust Flower by Kline, Hibberd V. B. (Hibberd Van Buren)

Bibulus, a colleague of Julius Cæsar; a mere cipher, a fainéant.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin

Then Aunt Ju took her seat, and was able for the next hour and a half to occupy her arm-chair with gratifying fainéant dignity.

From Is He Popenjoy? by Trollope, Anthony

To be a fainéant ruler was in direct antagonism both to his conscience and his predilections.

From The Prime Minister by Trollope, Anthony