truant officer

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noun

a public-school official who investigates unauthorized absences from school.

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Also called attendance officer.

Origin of truant officer

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75

Words nearby truant officer

trp, trs, Trst, truancy, truant, truant officer, truantry, Trubetzkoy, truce, Truchas Peaks, Trucial Coast

How to use truant officer in a sentence

This is the place we were living that Lee was picked up by the truant officer in the Bronx Zoo.
Warren Commission (1 of 26): Hearings Vol. I (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
By this time the truant officer ran over to the group and wanted to know what was wrong.
Polly in New York|Lillian Elizabeth Roy
The boy was safe in the street because no truant officer had the right to arrest him at sight for loitering there in school-hours.
The Children of the Poor|Jacob A. Riis
"In the back yard of one of those double-deckers down by the river," answered the Truant Officer.
Little Aliens|Myra Kelly

No reproachful teacher, no truant officer threatening arrest and the Juvenile Court, ever darkened her horizon.
Little Aliens|Myra Kelly