Associations to the word «Truant»
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Wiktionary
TRUANT, adjective. Absent without permission, especially from school.
TRUANT, adjective. Wandering from business or duty; straying; loitering; idle, and shirking duty.
TRUANT, noun. One who is absent without permission, especially from school.
TRUANT, verb. (intransitive) To play truant.
TRUANT, verb. (transitive) To idle away; to waste.
TRUANT, verb. To idle away time.
TRUANT OFFICER, noun. An official responsible for investigating people who may be truant and compelling their attendance.
Dictionary definition
TRUANT, noun. One who is absent from school without permission.
TRUANT, noun. Someone who shirks duty.
TRUANT, adjective. Absent without permission; "truant schoolboys"; "the soldier was AWOL for almost a week".
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