fainéant
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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
Another example is Arthur, in some romances "the blameless king," in others un roi fainéant.
From Homer and His Age by Lang, Andrew
"Indeed, yes;—or you will be known to all posterity as the fainéant government."
From Phineas Finn The Irish Member by Trollope, Anthony
Solmes, the fainéant of Steinkirk, was left dead on the field.
From William the Third by Traill, H. D. (Henry Duff)
Bull, the sixth boy in No. 7, was the only fainéant among them, though he did occasionally help to keep off the smaller fry.
From Eric by Farrar, F. W. (Frederic William)
After Dagobert's death these mayors practically ruled in the place of the Merovingian monarchs, who became mere "do-nothing kings,"—rois fainéants, as the French call them.
From An Introduction to the History of Western Europe by Robinson, James Harvey
Any quantity of heraldries of knaves and fainéants you may find in what they call their 'history': but this is probably the first time you ever read the name of Robert of Luzarches.
From Our Fathers Have Told Us Part I. The Bible of Amiens by Ruskin, John
Bold might the planton be; we were no fainéants.
From The Enormous Room by Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin)
She extols them both, and makes over to their joint care and tuition the fainéants aforesaid.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 by Various
Others are weaklings, fainéants; but one, the most dread woman in Frankish history, Fredegonda, the queen of Chilperic, towers above all in this masque of slaughter and treachery.
From Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine by Spence, Lewis
