truant
Use Truant in a sentence
ənt noun
1.
a student who stays away from school without permission.
2.
a person who shirks or neglects his or her duty.
adjective
3.
absent from school without permission.
4.
neglectful of duty or responsibility; idle.
5.
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a truant.
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verb (used without object)
6.
to be truant.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English < Old French: vagrant, beggar < Celtic; compare Welsh truan wretched, wretch
1250–1300; Middle English < Old French: vagrant, beggar < Celtic; compare Welsh truan wretched, wretch
Related forms
tru·ant·ly, adverb
non·tru·ant, noun, adjective
un·tru·ant, adjective
Synonyms
2. idler, shirker, layabout, loafer, malingerer.
2. idler, shirker, layabout, loafer, malingerer.
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truant (ˈtruːənt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a person who is absent without leave, esp from school |
| —adj | |
| 2. | being or relating to a truant |
| —vb | |
| 3. | (intr) to play truant |
| [C13: from Old French: vagabond, probably of Celtic origin; compare Welsh truan miserable, Old Irish trōg wretched] | |
| 'truancy | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
truant
early 13c., "beggar, vagabond," from O.Fr. truant "beggar, rogue" (12c.), from Gaulish *trougant- (cf. Breton *truan, later truant "vagabond," Welsh truan "wretch," Gaelic truaghan "wretched"). Cf. Sp. truhan "buffoon," from same source. Meaning "one who wanders from an appointed place" is first attested
mid-15c. The adj. is recorded from 1540s.
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Example sentences
Kids playing hooky and the truant officer gets his comeuppance in the end.
The number of truant students out in the community and day time crime committed by truant students.
Rios did, with the help of a teacher at the school from which he had long been truant.
If there was no improvement, the student was referred to the truant officer.
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