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(1):

(a.) Wandering from business or duty; loitering; idle, and shirking duty; as, a truant boy.

(2):

(v. i.) To idle away time; to loiter, or wander; to play the truant.

(3):

(v. t.) To idle away; to waste.

(4):

(n.) One who stays away from business or any duty; especially, one who stays out of school without leave; an idler; a loiterer; a shirk.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Truant'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​t/truant.html. 1828.
 
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