fainéant

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Doubtless the fainéant condition of nearly all the daimyōs at this time made the accomplishment of this event more easy.

From Japan by Murray, David

And whereas Sieyès condemned his grand functionary to the repose of a roi fainéant, Bonaparte secured to him practically all the powers assigned by Sieyès to the Consuls for Peace and for War.

From The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 1 of 2) by Rose, John Holland

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

From The Prime Minister by Trollope, Anthony

Ball, the sixth boy in Number 7, was the only fainéant among them, though he did occasionally help to keep off the smaller fry.

From Eric, or Little by Little by Farrar, F. W. (Frederic William)

Accomplished antiquarians and “commissioners” assisted him in his labours; but he was no roi fainéant on the editorial sofa which he so complacently describes.

From Dickens English Men of Letters by Ward, Adolphus William, Sir