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truant officer

UK/ˈtɹʊənt ˈɒfɪsə/US/ˈtɹuːənt ˈɔfɪsɚ/

truant officer noun: an official responsible for investigating people who may be truant and compelling their attendance.

Noun

truant officer (plural truant officers)

  1. An official responsible for investigating people who may be truant and compelling their attendance.
    • The truant officer called at the home to see why the student hadn't arrived.
    • Every town the size of Maycomb had families like the Ewells. No economic fluctuations changed their status—people like the Ewells lived as guests of the county in prosperity as well as in the depths of a depression. No truant officers could keep their numerous offspring in school; no public health...1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC

Forms of truant officer

pluraltruant officers

Origin of truant officer

Compound of truant + officer.

Questions about truant officer

What does truant officer mean?
Truant officer means an official responsible for investigating people who may be truant and compelling their attendance.
What part of speech is truant officer?
Truant officer is a noun.
How do you pronounce truant officer?
Truant officer is pronounced /ˈtɹʊənt ˈɒfɪsə/ (UK).
What is the plural of truant officer?
The plural of truant officer is truant officers.

Words near truant officer in the dictionary

  1. truancies
  2. truancy
  3. truand
  4. truands
  5. truant
  6. truant officer
  7. truant officers
  8. truant school
  9. truant schools
  10. truantcies
  11. truantcy

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