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truant

Pronunciation: /ˈtruːənt/

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Definition of truant

noun

a pupil who stays away from school without leave or explanation.

adjective

(of a pupil) being a truant:truant children
wandering; straying:her truant husband

verb

[no object]

another way of saying play truant below.if my daughter had been truanting from school I would have been informed

Phrases

play truant: chiefly British (of a pupil) stay away from school without leave or explanation: he often played truant and he usually wrote his own absence notes

Origin:

Middle English (denoting a person begging through choice rather than necessity): from Old French, probably ultimately of Celtic origin; compare with Welsh truan, Scottish Gaelic truaghan 'wretched'

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