absentee
nounEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésmi Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt Proto-Italic *som~*ezom Latin sum Latin absum Latin absēnsder. Old French ausentder. Middle French absentbor. ▲ Latin absēnsbor. Middle English absent English absent English -ee English absentee From absent + -ee.
Definitions
A person who is absent from his or her employment, school, post, duty, etc.
- At roll-call there were three absentees.
Something that is not present where it might be expected.
- The manufacturer's promised new model was a notable absentee at the car show.
Designating something whose owner, person responsible, etc. is absent.
- absentee ballot, absentee property
- In Wyoming, a GOP state senator forwarded an FGA draft bill to Secretary of State Chuck Gray that would prohibit sending out unsolicited absentee ballot request forms.
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A landholder who lives in another district or country than the one in which his estate is…
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!
A voter who is not present at the time of voting
A voter who is not present at the time of voting; absentee voter.
- In recent primaries, for example, nearly 4% of absentees were rejected in Philadelphia; 8% in Kentucky; and 20% in parts of New York City.
The neighborhood
- neighborabsenteeism
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