Truant
Tru·ant
Truant
n.
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One who stays away from business or any duty; especially, one who stays out of school without leave; an idler; a loiterer; a shirk.
I have a truant been to chivalry.
Phrases & Compounds
- To play truant
- to stray away; to loiter; especially, to stay out of school without leave.
Truant
a.
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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.
Truant
v. i.
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To idle away time; to loiter, or wander; to play the truant.
By this means they lost their time and truanted on the fundamental grounds of saving knowledge.
Truant
v. t.
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To idle away; to waste. [R.]
I dare not be the author Of truanting the time.