absentee

Etymology

absent + -ee

noun

  1. A person who is absent from his or her employment, school, post, duty, etc.
  2. (chiefly Britain, historical) A landholder who lives in another district or country than the one in which his estate is situated.
    My trustees are going to lend Earl Blessington sixty thousand pounds (at six per cent.) on a Dublin mortgage. Only think of my becoming an Irish absentee! 1840, Lord Byron, “Letter 374: to Mr. Moore (24 May 1820)”, in John Murray, editor, The Works of Lord Byron: With His Letters and Journals, and His Life, page 317
  3. One that is nonexistent or lacking.
  4. A voter that is not present at the time of voting; absentee voter.

adj

  1. (attributive) Pertaining to one that is absent.

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