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absentee

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ab·sen·tee  (bsn-t)
n.
One that is absent.
adj.
1. Of or relating to one that is absent.
2. Not in residence: absentee landlords. See Usage Note at -ee1.

absentee [ˌæbsənˈtiː]
n
a.  a person who is absent
b.  (as modifier) an absentee voter
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.absentee - one that is absent or not in residence
traveler, traveller - a person who changes location
AWOL - one who is away or absent without leave
defaulter - someone who fails to make a required appearance in court
exile, expat, expatriate - a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country; "American expatriates"
hooky player, truant - one who is absent from school without permission

absentee
noun nonattender, stay-at-home, truant, no-show, stayaway Minnihoma is the most notable absentee from this Saturday's race.
Translations
absentee [ˌæbsənˈtiː]
A. N (from school, work) → ausente mf
B. CPD absentee ballot N (US) → voto m por correo
absentee landlord Npropietario/a m/f absentista
absentee rate Nnivel m de absentismo
absentee [ˌæbsənˈtiː]
nabsent(e) m/f
modif [father, parent] → absent(e)
absentee ballot n (US)vote m par correspondance
absentee
nAbwesende(r) mf; there were a lot of absenteeses fehlten viele; (pej)es haben viele krankgefeiert

absentee:
absentee landlord
absentee voter
n (esp US) → ˜ Briefwähler(in) m(f)
absentee [ˌæbsnˈtiː] nassente m/f


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Her father was organist at your own church, and a hard struggle he must have had of it, with an absentee landlord, and a congregation of seagulls, I should think.
I had known many of my country-people in Europe and was familiar with the strange ways they were liable to take up there; but the Misses Bordereau formed altogether a new type of the American absentee.
The fruit-growers have become absentee landlords and are busy learning higher standards of living in the cities or making trips to Europe.
 
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