truant

One who is absent without permission, especially from school.

One who shirks work or duty.

Absent without permission, especially from school.

Idle, lazy, or neglectful.

To be truant.

To idle away time or shirk duty; play truant.

To waste or idle away.

A vagabond; a vagrant; an idler.

Idle; loitering; given to shirking duty or business, or attendance at some appointed time or place: especially noting children who absent themselves from school without leave.

Characteristic of a truant; idle; loitering; wandering.