truant officer

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of truant officer¹

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75

Example Sentences

This is the place we were living that Lee was picked up by the truant officer in the Bronx Zoo.

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By this time the truant officer ran over to the group and wanted to know what was wrong.

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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.

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"In the back yard of one of those double-deckers down by the river," answered the Truant Officer.

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No reproachful teacher, no truant officer threatening arrest and the Juvenile Court, ever darkened her horizon.

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