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Webster 1913 Edition

Loafer

Loaf′er

,

Noun.

[G.

läufer

a runner, Prov. G.

laufer

,

lofer

, fr.

laufen

to run. See

.]

1.

One who loafs; a lazy lounger.

Lowell.

Definition 2024

loafer

loafer

English

Penny loafers

Noun

loafer ‎(plural loafers)

An idle person.
A shoe with no laces, resembling a moccasin.

Synonyms

(idle person): bum, bumpkin, footler, idler, lout, yob, yobbo
(footwear): penny loafer
See also Wikisaurus:idler

Translations

idle person

Bulgarian: хайлазин (bg) m ‎(hajlazin)
Dutch: nietsnut (nl), leegloper
Finnish: tyhjäntoimittaja
French: oisif (fr) m
German: Faulpelz (de) m
Greek: τεμπέλης (el) m ‎(tempélis)
Hungarian: léhűtő, semmittevő (hu), naplopó (hu)

Irish: liúdramán m
Italian: fannullone (it) m, perditempo m, perdigiorno (it) m
Maori: kaihau, parakūkā, kaitahaumu, inukorokoro, kaikora
Portuguese: folgado (pt) m, vadio (pt) m
Russian: безде́льник (ru) m ‎(bezdélʹnik), безде́льница (ru) f ‎(bezdélʹnica), ло́дырь (ru) m ‎(lódyrʹ), лоботря́с (ru) m ‎(lobotrjás), лоботря́ска f ‎(lobotrjáska), лентя́й (ru) m ‎(lentjáj), лентя́йка (ru) f ‎(lentjájka), лежебо́ка (ru) m, f ‎(ležebóka)
Spanish: haragán (es) m, gandul (es) m, holgazán (es) m
Swahili: lofa (sw)

footwear

Finnish: louferi (fi)
French: mocassin (fr) m
Indonesian: pantofel (id)
Italian: mocassino (it) m

Navajo: kébiiʼníʼdíʼisí
Portuguese: sapatilha (pt) f
Spanish: mocasín (es) m
Swahili: lofa (sw)

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