Definition of truant
: one who shirks duty;
especially
: one who stays out of school without permission
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Examples of truant in a Sentence
an increasing number of truants
Recent Examples of truant from the Web
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In Park Hill School District about 150 students who observed the walkout were marked truant.
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Chon and comedian Daniel So play down-and-out Korean-Americans trying to keep their late dad’s shoe store alive; a delightful Simone Baker is the 11-year-old school truant who helps out in the shop, to the chagrin of her brother (Curtiss Cook.
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About 150 Park Hill High School students participated, according to junior Ethan Simon, who told The Star that each participant was marked truant.
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Being tagged a chronic truant – after missing 10 percent or more of the school year – could mean up to a $2,000 fine and jail time for parents or the student.
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Hurt was looking for truants and came upon Montgomery, a 17-year-old skipping school.
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Getzlaf was joined by Rickard Rakell as five Flames poured out of the bench to replace the truants.
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When the truant offered a letter from a relative of a government minister pleading for leniency, Mr. Mishra grabbed it and, with a frown, tore it in half and dropped it to the floor.
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Origin and Etymology of truant
Middle English, vagabond, idler, from Anglo-French, of Celt origin; akin to Old Irish trógán wretch, trúag wretched
Other Education Terms
Definition of truant
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: shirking responsibility
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: being, resembling, or characteristic of a truant
Recent Examples of truant from the Web
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That could be a bigger problem if a student already has a lot of those and the extra one results in him or her being considered truant.
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State guidance says that if a district decides a private school isn’t delivering substantially equivalent education, such funding is withdrawn and public school authorities can ask Family Court to deem its students to be truant.
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If parents continue to enroll their children in these schools, they should be notified that petitions will be filed in Family Court saying their children are truant, New York’s current guidance states.
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Homeless students were more than three times as likely to be truant — having at least 15 unexcused absences in a 90-day period — than their more well-to-do counterparts.
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School counselors are often called on to martial challenging situations at school — conflicts between teachers and students, truant students and young people who may bring the trauma and grief of a difficult home life through the school’s doors.
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Yet another is to create personalized learning plans for every high-need student, especially foster and truant youths, who tend to be disproportionately African-American.
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Anderson received court supervision in 2014 after pleading guilty to a delinquency charge in a case that involved inappropriate text messages and having truant students in her home, court records state.
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Montgomery was playing hooky from school and Hurt was on truant patrol.
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First Known Use of truant
1561
Definition of truant
: to idle away time especially while playing truant
First Known Use of truant
1580
TRUANT Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of truant for English Language Learners
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: a student who misses school without permission
TRUANT Defined for Kids
Definition of truant for Students
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: a student who stays out of school without permission
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: a person who neglects his or her duty
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