Definitions of truant [ˈtru ənt]

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Definition of 'truant'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) truant
a student who stays away from school without permission.

2.  truant
a person who shirks or neglects his or her duty.

3. (adj.) truant
absent from school without permission.

4.  truant
neglectful of duty or responsibility; idle.

5.  truant
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a truant.

6. (v.i.) truant
to be truant.

Etymology: (1250–1300; ME < OF: beggar < Celtic; cf. Welsh truan wretched, wretch)

Definition of 'truant'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) truant, hooky player
one who is absent from school without permission

2. (adj) no-show, nonattender, truant
someone who shirks duty

3. (adj) truant, awol
absent without permission
"truant schoolboys"; "the soldier was AWOL for almost a week"

Definition of 'truant'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) truant
wandering from business or duty; loitering; idle, and shirking duty; as, a truant boy

2. (noun) truant
one who stays away from business or any duty; especially, one who stays out of school without leave; an idler; a loiterer; a shirk

3. (verb) truant
to idle away time; to loiter, or wander; to play the truant

4. (verb) truant
to idle away; to waste

Translation of 'truant'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: someone who stays away from school etc without permission The truants were caught and sent back to school.
Afrikaans: stokkiesdraaier	Arabic: تِلْميذ مُتَغَيِّب	Bulgarian: избягал
Brazilian: gazeteiro / malandro	Czech: záškolák	German: der/die Schwänzer(in)
Danish: pjækker	Greek: κοπανατζής	Spanish: novillero
Estonian: popitegija	Farsi: فراری از مدرسه	Finnish: pinnari
French: enfant qui fait l'école b	Hebrew: תַלמִיד מִשתַמֵט	Hindi: गैरहाजिर रहने वाला
Croatian: učenik koji izostaje s na	Hungarian: iskolakerülő	Indonesian: pembolos
Icelandic: skrópari	Italian: (scolaro che marina la sc	Japanese: 無断欠席者
Korean: 무단 결석하는 학생	Lithuanian: pabėgėlis, pravaikštinink	Latvian: (skolas) kavētājs; bastot
Malay: kaki ponteng	Dutch: spijbelaar	Norwegian: skulker; skofter
Polish: wagarowicz	Persian: فراری از مدرسه	Pashto: د مدرسی نه فرار یا تښتیدل
Portuguese: gazeteiro	Romanian: chiulangiu	Russian: прогульщик
Slovak: záškolák, ulievak	Slovenian: špricar	Serbian: begunac sačasova
Swedish: skolkare	Thai: เด็กหนีเรียน	Turkish: okul kaçağı
Taiwanese: 逃學者	Ukrainian: учень, що прогулює уроки;	Urdu: بھگوڑا
Vietnamese: người trốn học	Chinese: 逃学者
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