Definitions of faineant

1. A do- nothing; an idle fellow; a sluggard.

2. disinclined to work or exertion; " faineant kings under whose rule the country languished"; " an indolent hanger- on"; " too lazy to wash the dishes"; " shiftless idle youth"; " slothful employees"; " the unemployed are not necessarily work- shy"

3. Do- nothing, applied to certain weak kings of France of the Merovingian line, who were subject to their ministers, the mayors of the palace.