truant officer
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noun
a public-school official who investigates unauthorized absences from school.
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Nearby words
- trp,
- trs,
- trst,
- truancy,
- truant,
- truantly,
- truantry,
- trubetzkoy,
- truce,
- truchas peaks
Origin of truant officer
An Americanism dating back to 1870–75
Also called attendance officer.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples from the Web for attendance officer
If I was here without you now, that truant-officer we passed just now would have had me at home before this time.