absentee

[ab-suhn-tee]

ab·sen·tee

[ab-suhn-tee]
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 is always a great word to know.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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absentee (ˌæbsənˈtiː)
 
n
a.  a person who is absent
 b.  (as modifier): an absentee voter

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