"truant" in the noun sense
1. truant, hooky player
one who is absent from school without permission
2. no-show, nonattender, truant
someone who shirks duty
"truant" in the adjective sense
1. truant, awol
absent without permission
"truant schoolboys"
"the soldier was AWOL for almost a week"
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