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Definition of "truant" []

  • One who is absent without permission, especially from school. (noun)
  • One who shirks work or duty. (noun)
  • Absent without permission, especially from school. (adjective)
  • Idle, lazy, or neglectful. (adjective)
  • To be truant. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "truant" in a sentence
  • "I called the truant officer, and now the kids' school is supplying them with food and cell phones."
  • "The girls hurried out before the employees had a chance to call the truant officer and ran down the street."
  • "But still his heart failed; for he could not recall his truant thoughts from the wolf-like"