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Truant Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Truant? [n] someone who shirks duty [n] one who is absent from school without permission [adj] absent without permission; "truant schoolboys"; "the soldier was AWOL for almost a week" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Truant: absent \| awol \| hooky player \| nonattender \| no-show Related Terms \| Find terms related to Truant: See Also \| absentee \| offender \| wrongdoer Truant In Webster's Dictionary \Tru"ant\, n. [F. truand, OF. truant, a vagrant, beggar; of Celtic origin; cf. W. tru, truan, wretched, miserable, truan a wretch, Ir. trogha miserable, Gael. truaghan a poor, distressed, or wretched creature, truagh wretched.] One who stays away from business or any duty; especially, one who stays out of school without leave; an idler; a loiterer; a shirk. --Dryden. I have a truant been to chivalry. --Shak. {To play truant}, to stray away; to loiter; especially, to stay out of school without leave. --Sir T. Browne \Tru"ant\, a. Wandering from business or duty; loitering; idle, and shirking duty; as, a truant boy. While truant Jove, in infant pride, Played barefoot on Olympus' side. --Trumbull. \Tru"ant\, v. i. [Cf. F. truander.] To idle away time; to loiter, or wander; to play the truant. --Shak. By this means they lost their time and truanted on the fundamental grounds of saving knowledge. --Lowell. \Tru"ant\, v. t. To idle away; to waste. [R.] I dare not be the author Of truanting the time. --Ford.

Truant Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Truant?

[n] someone who shirks duty
[n] one who is absent from school without permission
[adj] absent without permission; "truant schoolboys"; "the soldier was AWOL for almost a week"

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See Also | absentee | offender | wrongdoer

Truant In Webster's Dictionary

\Tru"ant\, n. [F. truand, OF. truant, a vagrant, beggar;
of Celtic origin; cf. W. tru, truan, wretched, miserable,
truan a wretch, Ir. trogha miserable, Gael. truaghan a poor,
distressed, or wretched creature, truagh wretched.]
One who stays away from business or any duty; especially, one
who stays out of school without leave; an idler; a loiterer;
a shirk. --Dryden.

      I have a truant been to chivalry.        --Shak.

{To play truant}, to stray away; to loiter; especially, to
   stay out of school without leave. --Sir T. Browne


\Tru"ant\, a.
Wandering from business or duty; loitering; idle, and
shirking duty; as, a truant boy.

      While truant Jove, in infant pride, Played barefoot on
      Olympus' side.                           --Trumbull.


\Tru"ant\, v. i. [Cf. F. truander.]
To idle away time; to loiter, or wander; to play the truant.
--Shak.

      By this means they lost their time and truanted on the
      fundamental grounds of saving knowledge. --Lowell.


\Tru"ant\, v. t.
To idle away; to waste. [R.]

      I dare not be the author Of truanting the time. --Ford.

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