truant

n. 1 child who stays away from school. 2 person who avoids work etc. adj. Shirking, idle, wandering. v. (also play truant) be a truant.  truancy n. (pl. -ies). [french, probably from celtic]

n. One who stays away from business or any duty; especially, one who stays out of school without leave; an idler; a loiterer; a shirk.