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truanter

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tru⋅ant

  [troo-uhnt]
Use truanter in a Sentence
–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.
–verb (used without object)
6. to be truant.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME < OF: vagrant, beggar < Celtic; cf. Welsh truan wretched, wretch

Related forms:
tru⋅ant⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
2. idler, shirker, layabout, loafer, malingerer.
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