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, truant officer, truantry, trubetzkoy, truce, truchas peaks, trucial coast

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.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867.|Various