Noah Webster
Truant
TRU'ANT, adjective Idle; wandering from business; loitering; as a truant boy.
While truant Jove, in infant price,
Play'd barefoot on Olympus'side.
TRU'ANT, noun An idler; an idle boy.
TRU'ANT. verb intransitive To idle away time; to loiter or be absent from employment.