noun
- One who is absent from school without permission.
- synonyms: hooky player
- Someone who shirks duty.
- synonyms: no-show, nonattender
adjective
- Absent without permission.
- usage: "truant schoolboys"; "the soldier was AWOL for almost a week"
- synonyms: awol
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