truand
English
Noun
truand (plural truands)
- Obsolete form of truant.
Adjective
truand (comparative more truand, superlative most truand)
- Obsolete form of truant.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for truand in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- Durant, durant, tundra
French
Etymology
From Transalpine Gaulish *truganto. Cognate to English truant, Irish trogán, Welsh tru.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʁy.ɑ̃/
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Noun
truand m (plural truands, feminine truande)
- (historical) (professional) beggar (in the Middle Ages)
- crook; gangster
- (colloquial) beggar
Derived terms
- truander
Further reading
- “truand”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- durant