a child who stays away from school without permission
truant verb:
[V] A number of pupils have been truanting regularly.
IDIOMS
play truant (BrE) (AmE informal play hooky) (old-fashioned) to stay away from school without permission
seealsoBUNKOFF, SKIVE
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