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Result for Truant

Truant (n.)

One who stays away from business or any duty; especially, one who stays out of school without leave; an idler; a loiterer; a shirk.

Truant (a.)

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

Truant (v. i.)

To idle away time; to loiter, or wander; to play the truant.

Truant (v. t.)

To idle away; to waste.