truant
pronunciation
How to pronounce truant in British English:
UK [ˈtru:ənt]
How to pronounce truant in American English:
US [ˈtruənt]
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- Noun:
- one who is absent from school without permission
- someone who shirks duty
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- Adjective:
- absent without permission
Word Origin
- truant
- truant: [13] A truant was originally a ‘beggar’ or ‘vagrant’. The word was borrowed from Old French truant ‘vagabond’, which in turn came from Gaulish trugant- (amongst its Celtic relatives are Gaelic trudanach ‘vagabond’ and Welsh truan ‘wretched’). The word was not applied to absconding schoolchildren until the 15th century.
- truant (n.)
- c. 1200, "beggar, vagabond," from Old French truant "beggar, rogue" (12c.), as an adjective, "wretched, miserable, of low caste," from Gaulish *trougant- (compare Breton *truan, later truant "vagabond," Welsh truan "wretch," Gaelic truaghan "wretched"), of uncertain origin. Compare Spanish truhan "buffoon," from same source. Meaning "one who wanders from an appointed place," especially "a child who stays away from school without leave" is first attested mid-15c.
- truant (adj.)
- "idle, loitering, given to shirking duty or business," 1540s, from truant (n.).
Synonym
Example
- 1. How did you know I was a truant officer ?
- 2. Teens who have sex - whether it 's a serious or casual relationship - were at higher risk of being truant and dropping out compared with teens who don 't have sex .
- 3. I found the truant throwing stones in the river .
- 4. L know you are no truant .
- 5. He is a students who often plays truant .