absentee

Plural: absentees

Noun

• A person who is not present where expected.
• one that is absent or not in residence
• A person who is absent from his or her employment, school, post, duty, etc.
• A person who is absent from his or her employment, school, post, duty, etc.
• Designating a person absent in a particular capacity, sometimes implying that they are difficult to contact, unresponsive, avoiding their responsibilities, etc.
• Something that is not present where it might be expected.
• Designating something whose owner, person responsible, etc. is absent.
• A landholder who lives in another district or country than the one in which his estate is situated.
• A voter who is not present at the time of voting; absentee voter.

Examples

• absentee ballot, absentee property
• absentee father; absentee landlord; absentee freeholder
• At roll-call there were three absentees.
• His score was that of an absentee, having missed a triple word score.
• The manufacturer's promised new model was a notable absentee at the car show.

Related Words

absenteeism