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ab·sen·tee
/
ˌæb
sənˈti
/
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[
ab-s
uh
n-
tee
]
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noun
1.
a person who is
absent
, especially from work or school.
2.
a person who
absents
himself or herself, as a landowner who does not live on certain property owned or a voter who is permitted to cast a ballot by mail.
Origin:
1530–40;
absent
+
-ee
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absentee
(ˌæbsənˈtiː)
—
n
a. a person who is absent
b. (
as modifier
):
an absentee voter
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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