flâneur

thumb|Paul Gavarni, , 1842

' () is a type of urban male "stroller", "lounger", "saunterer", or "loafer". This French term was popularized in the 19th century and has some nuanced additional meanings (including as a loanword into various languages, including English). Traditionally depicted as male, a is an ambivalent figure of urban affluence and modernity, representing the ability to wander detached from society, for an entertainment from the observation of the urban life. is the act of strolling, with all of its accompanying associations. A near-synonym of the noun is .