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

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

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

From Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter, Sir