absentee

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A person who is absent from his or her employment, school, post, duty, etc.

   At roll-call there were three absentees.

2. 2
   noun

   Something that is not present where it might be expected.

   The manufacturer's promised new model was a notable absentee at the car show.

3. 3
   noun

   Designating something whose owner, person responsible, etc. is absent.

   absentee ballot, absentee property

4. 4
   noun

   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!

5. 5
   noun

   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.

6. 6
   noun

   one that is absent or not in residence

Etymology

From absent + -ee.