a school attendance officer whose job is to locate truants and return them to school
truant officer in American English
US
attendance officer
truant officer in American English
noun
a public-school official who investigates unauthorized absences from school
Also called: attendance officer
Word origin
[1870–75, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1870–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: billing, fifth wheel, giveaway, upgrade, washout
Examples of 'truant officer' in a sentence
truant officer
That is one reason why the truant officers would not have been concerned yesterday.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
She was only discovered when she missed a day and the truant officers paid her a visit.