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absentee Definition

ab·sen·tee (ab′sən tē)

noun

a person who is absent, as from work, school, etc.

adjective

designating or of a landlord or owner whose personal residence is distant from any other property owned, esp. from such property rented to another

absentee Synonyms

absentee

modif.

remote, absent, at a distance; see away 1.

absentee Law Definition

n

A person who is not where he or she would normally be found, such as a place of residence or work.
absentee Usage Examples

Preposition: from

  • squad: More likely to make way are some of Saints older pros, with Fuller a notable absentee from the squad.

Converse of object

  • remain: There are no fresh injury worries for Watford, with Clarke Carlisle, Chris Powell and Scott Loach remaining the only absentees.
  • have: Patrick Viera and Martin Keown are both out for the Gunners, while Kiev have no major absentees.
  • authorize: In comparison, 20 % of the S1 pupils were authorized absentees while 2 % were unauthorized absentees.
  • vote: Daughter Lindy dodged the mess to some extent by voting absentee and being off in Oregon pursuing the elk.
  • confirm: Will Haining and Danny Hall are both definitely out and Guy Branston requires treatment, while striker Chris Porter is another confirmed absentee.

Adjective modifier

  • notable: Dave Jones is the only notable absentee from Fridays game with Steve Egerton coming in.
  • noticeable: Boyd was a noticeable absentee from the squad that crashed out of the FA Cup at Bournemouth on Saturday.
  • unauthorized: However, in June, the majority of schools had 6 % or more of their pupils as unauthorized absentees.
  • long-term: Dominic Matteo has just come back to first-team football and he was joined by another long-term absentee, Lucas Radebe.
  • long: They were deprived of Batty through injury from November, with David Hopkin also a long time absentee.
  • only: The only absentee - other than Cambs - is Kent.

Modifies a noun

  • landlord: Despite contact with the absentee landlord, no action has yet been taken.
  • ballot: The county where I am from has very strict rules about sending absentee ballots abroad.
  • landowner: It should be noted that it is local farmers rather than large absentee landowners who are seeking to limit the freedom to walk.
  • proprietor: We have indicated that, on past performance, we would have concerns about Mrs Walters being an absentee proprietor.
  • voting: We then looked at the chart for the start of absentee voting in Florida.
  • voter: If applicants registered as overseas absentee voters in 2003, do they still have to register again?

Noun used with modifier

  • term: Center forward Arthur Hydes was another long term absentee, missing completely from the beginning of January.
  • injury: The meeting is earmarked for the return of long-time injury absentee Jesper B. Jensen to further boost the Panthers ranks.
absentee Quotes

Iasked why he was a priest and hesaid that if you haveto work for anybody an absentee boss is best.

—Winterson,Jeanette