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Definition of Truant

Truant
Truant Tru"ant, v. i. [Cf. F. truander.] To idle away time; to loiter, or wander; to play the truant. --Shak. By this means they lost their time and truanted on the fundamental grounds of saving knowledge. --Lowell.
Truant
Truant Tru"ant, v. t. To idle away; to waste. [R.] I dare not be the author Of truanting the time. --Ford.
Truant
Truant Tru"ant, n. [F. truand, OF. truant, a vagrant, beggar; of Celtic origin; cf. W. tru, truan, wretched, miserable, truan a wretch, Ir. trogha miserable, Gael. truaghan a poor, distressed, or wretched creature, truagh wretched.] One who stays away from business or any duty; especially, one who stays out of school without leave; an idler; a loiterer; a shirk. --Dryden. I have a truant been to chivalry. --Shak. To play truant, to stray away; to loiter; especially, to stay out of school without leave. --Sir T. Browne

Meaning of Truant from wikipedia

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