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# truant

noun (truants); adjective (a truant boy)

«truant» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A truant is a pupil who stays away from school without permission. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truant/#m1)
2. (old use) A truant is an idler who wanders about and shirks his work. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truant/#m2)
3. To play truant means to stay away from school on purpose. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truant/#m3)

### In the lessons

a child who skips school or a lazy wanderer in old tales; in lessons, the teacher marks a truant on the register; «play truant» is the phrase for skipping school

### Examples

- Tom played truant and spent the day at the beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truant/#x1)
- The register showed two truants on Monday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truant/#x2)
- The old tale calls the boy a truant and a vagabond. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truant/#x3)
- Though he had played truant so often, he still knew a few things. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truant/#x4)
- My sister never plays truant; she loves school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truant/#x5)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «truant» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truant/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«truant» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/truant.html) on Mova free.