Wandering from business or duty; loitering; idle, and shirking duty; as, a truant boy
one who is absent from school without permission absent without permission; "truant schoolboys"; "the soldier was AWOL for almost a week
One who stays away from business or any duty; especially, one who stays out of school without leave; an idler; a loiterer; a shirk
absent without permission; "truant schoolboys"; "the soldier was AWOL for almost a week"
If a pupil truants, he or she stays away from school without permission. In his fourth year he was truanting regularly. + truanting tru·ant·ing Truanting is a small but growing problem in primary schools. = truancy