One who is absent without permission, especially from school.
To play truant.
the number of schoolchildren known to have truanted
To idle away; to waste.
To idle away time.
Absent without permission, especially from school.
He didn't graduate because he was chronically truant and didn't have enough attendances to meet the requirement.
Wandering from business or duty; straying; loitering; idle, and shirking duty.