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truant officer

noun

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


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Origin of truant officer1

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75
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It wasn’t a truant officer at his door, though — no one had ever come knocking about that.

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He attended Coleman Grade School and Franklin High School, where when he was absent, according to Heye, “the truant officer always knew where she could find Remo — at his family’s bakery, baking bread with his parents!”

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And that’s because she wanted to be part of the gang and wasn’t necessarily interested in being the truant officer of the family or the responsible caregiver.

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Screwy Squirrel decides to go fishing instead of school and the truant officer tries to find out why.

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Bonnie’s father, Stan Colwell, had been a tough truant officer before being promoted to principal at a second-chance high school.

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