truant officer
An official responsible for investigating people who may be truant and compelling…An official responsible for investigating people who may be truant and compelling their attendance.
» We had to run from the truant officer.
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1 sensesAn official responsible for investigating people who may be truant and compelling their attendance.
The truant officer called at the home to see why the student hadn't arrived.
Examples
1 sentencesWe had to run from the truant officer.
Origin
Compound of truant + officer.Compound of truant + officer.
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Forms
plural: truant officers| Singular | truant officer |
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See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.