chômeur

Definitions of chômeur
  1. noun
    a person who does nothing
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    antonyms:
    employé, salarié, travailleur
    a person who works at a specific occupation
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    fainéant, propre à rien
    person who does no work
    estivant, vacancier
    someone on vacation; someone who is devoting time to pleasure or relaxation rather than to work
    campeur
    someone living temporarily in a tent or lodge for recreation
    fainéant
    someone who wastes time
    flâneur, traînard
    someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
    rêvasseur
    someone who indulges in idle or absentminded daydreaming
    bon à rien, propre à rien
    an idle worthless person
    faignant, fainéant, feignant, flemmard, paresseux
    a lazy person
    paresseux, renâcleur
    a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime)
    faignant, fainéant
    an idle slothful person
    personne qui bronze
    someone who basks in the sunshine in order to get a suntan
    type of:
    homme, individu, mortel, être
    a human being
  2. noun
    someone who is jobless
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