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. Asa Hutchinson:

   As everyone has indicated, there shouldn't be any change in the date of the election. That is historic. It is constitutional. It is required. And it's up to the states to conduct fair elections with integrity, we are going to do that in Arkansas. We are going to have expanded absentee ballot access. But we want to do it with proper controls and to minimize any fraudulent activity.

2. Gloria Sweet Love:

   We know with Covid, we're going to have a lot of people that are going to want to vote absentee... [ and ] Now more than ever, that we have that absentee ballot and we dare to use it. And that we be able to promote it and tell people about it.

3. Michael Teter:

   There are some that probably are not deserving of an ethical complaint, that they were engaged in an honest attempt to litigate a small matter or to make sure that some segment of absentee ballots were appropriately counted, and that's legitimate and we certainly won't be targeting them.

4. Lee Zacharias:

   The fact that I know that mine is not the only case. That there are a number of other people that have not received absentee ballots they applied for, who had ballots that disappeared, like mine did and have been voided and have not receive replacement ballots makes me angry.

5. Andrea Young:

   What I witnessed at a polling precinct in Southwest Atlanta was an older voter who voted in person because her absentee ballot had not arrived. She returned home to find the ballot had been delivered and was so conscientious that she brought it back to the polls and destroyed it in the presence of poll workers.

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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
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/absentee
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=absentee