Flâneur

Definitions of Flâneur from around the Web:

Flâneur [Question.com]

One who strolls about aimlessly; a lounger; a loafer.

Flâneur [Brainy Dictionary]

One who strolls about aimlessly; a lounger; a loafer.

Flâneur [Webster's Online Dictionary]

One who strolls about aimlessly; a lounger; a loafer.

Other Flâneur-related sites:

www.flaneur.org writes...

What's a flâneur? Webster defines it simply as "an idle man-about-town," one of those fin-de-siècle dandies who ambled through the crowds of European cities in search of bustle, gossip, and beauty. And what is www.flâneur.org? It's a magazine dedicated to the celebration of urban life, the sanctification of the stroll. [more from the Flanifesto at www.flaneur.org]

The New Colonist writes...

Baudelaire wrote about this. In French, these urban wanderers are called "Flâneur." I sadly believe, however, that the New York "flâneur" is a dying breed. You can tell by the rapidity of movement, the glazed looks, even the quickness and carelessness with which we tear down old beautiful buildingsto replace them with bland facades of dull white brick. [more about the New York Flâneurs at The New Colonist]

Gaylene Barnes, Otago University writes...

The flaneur is a suitable metaphoric vehicle for the 'witnessing' of this space because 'the flaneur moves through space and among the people with a viscosity that both enables and priviledges vision. Being a product of modernity, he was a spectator of modern life in the urban sprawl; now a product of post-modernity, the cyborg-flaneur is an adrogynous spectator of virtual spaces. [more from "Passage of the Flânuer"]