Found 3 items, similar to Truant.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: truant bolos, mangkir, pemangkir, pembolos
English → English (WordNet) Definition: truant truant adj : absent without permission; “truant schoolboys”; “the soldier was AWOL for almost a week” [syn: awol] n 1: one who is absent from school without permission [syn: hooky player ] 2: someone who shirks duty [syn: no-show, nonattender]
English → English (gcide) Definition: 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. [1913 Webster] I have a truant been to chivalry. --Shak. [1913 Webster] To play truant, to stray away; to loiter; especially, to stay out of school without leave. --Sir T. Browne [1913 Webster] Truant \Tru"ant\, a. Wandering from business or duty; loitering; idle, and shirking duty; as, a truant boy. [1913 Webster] While truant Jove, in infant pride, Played barefoot on Olympus' side. --Trumbull. [1913 Webster] Truant \Tru"ant\, v. i. [Cf. F. truander.] To idle away time; to loiter, or wander; to play the truant. --Shak. [1913 Webster] By this means they lost their time and truanted on the fundamental grounds of saving knowledge. --Lowell. [1913 Webster] Truant \Tru"ant\, v. t. To idle away; to waste. [R.] [1913 Webster] I dare not be the author Of truanting the time. --Ford. [1913 Webster]