absentee
English
/ˌæb.sn̩ˈti/
noun
Definitions
- A person who is absent from his or her employment, school, post, duty, etc.
- (chiefly) A landholder who lives in another district or country than the one in which his estate is situated.
- One that is nonexistent or lacking.
- A voter that is not present at the time of voting; absentee voter.
Etymology
Suffix from English absent.
Origin
English
absent
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- absent English
- absent-minded English
- absentation English
- absenteeism English
- absenteeist English
- absenteeship English
- absenter English
- absentest English
- absenteth English
- absently English
- absentment English
- absentness English
- omniabsent English
- absent Middle English
- absen Malay