absentee

Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Related terms 1.4 References

[edit] English

Wikipedia

[edit] Etymology

absent +‎ -ee

[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iː

[edit] Noun

absentee (plural absentees)

1. A person who is absent from his or her employment, school, post, duty, etc.
2. (chiefly British, historical) A landholder who lives in another district or country than the one in which his estate is situated.
   • 1840, Lord Byron, "Letter 374: to Mr. Moore (24 May 1820)," in The Works of Lord Byron: With His Letters and Journals, and His Life, John Murray (London), p. 317:

   My trustees are going to lend Earl Blessington sixty thousand pounds (at six per cent.) on a Dublin mortgage. Only think of my becoming an Irish absentee!

[edit] Related terms

• absenteeism

[edit] References

• “absentee” in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
• absentee in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• “absentee” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.