Definitions for absentee
ˌæb sənˈtiab·sen·tee

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. absenteenoun

   one that is absent or not in residence

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. absenteenoun

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

2. absenteenoun

   A landholder who lives in another district or country than the one in which his estate is situated.

3. absenteenoun

   One that is nonextistent or lacking.

4. absenteeadjective

   Pertaining to one that is absent.

5. absenteeadjective

   Not in residence.

6. Etymology: * First attested in 1537.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Absenteenoun

   He that is absent from his station or employment, or country. A word used commonly with regard to Irishmen living out of their country.

   Then was the first statute made against absentees, commanding all such as had land in Ireland, to return and reside thereupon. John Davies, on Ireland.

   A great part of estates in Ireland are owned by absentees, and such as draw over the profits raised out of Ireland, refunding nothing. Josiah Child, Discourse on Trade.

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1. absentee

   An absentee is an individual who is expected, due or supposed to be somewhere (like a meeting, event, school, or a vote) but does not attend or is missing. This term also refers to a person who owns a business or property but does not live in that area or attend to the day-to-day operations personally.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Absenteenoun

   one who absents himself from his country, office, post, or duty; especially, a landholder who lives in another country or district than that where his estate is situated; as, an Irish absentee

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1. Absentee

   Absentee are a band from London, signed to Memphis Industries. They are Dan Michaelson, Melinda Bronstein, Babak Ganjei, Laurie Earle and Che Albrighton.

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How to pronounce absentee?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of absentee in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of absentee in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of absentee in a Sentence

1. Patrick Gannon:

   Many people are watching North Carolina's absentee voting process, including candidates, political parties, county boards of elections, and political and data scientists, if there are anomalies or questionable activities, they will be reported to election officials.

2. Kristen Clarke:

   These legislative actions occurred at a time when the Black population in Georgia continues to steadily increase and after a historic election that saw record voter turnout across the state, particularly for absentee voting, which Black voters are now more likely to use than White voters, our complaint challenges several provisions of SB 202 on the grounds that they were adopted with the intent to deny or a bridge, Black citizens, equal access to the political process.

3. Taylor Alexander:

   My initial reaction was that I was kind of shocked, and laughed because of the irony of it, because President Trump had been railing against mail-in voting, but here President Trump party was, promoting it, and sending out an absentee ballot request form, i think it's ridiculous that the funding is being cut and processes are being changed in the post office. People's life saving medication are days late, bills aren't being paid on time, and all for what ? It's rigging the election.

4. Von Spakovsky:

   Georgia goes from four days to 11 days and yet what happened in the May 24th primary ? You had a huge increase in people voting with absentee ballots, in 2018, the last midterm elections, 13,000 Democrats in the state voted with absentee ballots. In this primary, with these new changes to the absentee ballot rules, including the ID requirement, 50,000 Democrats voted with an absentee ballot.

5. Mark Lindeman:

   I support the objective of live streaming the audit and I vividly remember Philadelphia livestreaming their absentee ballot counting 24/7 without the involvement of One America News Network, i do not understand why the Arizona Senate has not found a way to do the same thing.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=absentee
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Absentee
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=absentee
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/absentee
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=absentee