Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that is absent.
- adjective Relating to one that is absent.
- adjective Not in residence.
- adverb As an absentee voter.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who is absent; more narrowly, one who withdraws from his country, office, estate, post, duty, or the like.
- noun In law, one who is without the jurisdiction of a particular court or judge.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who absents himself from his country, office, post, or duty; especially, a landholder who lives in another country or district than that where his estate is situated.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One that is nonextistent or lacking.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun one that is absent or not in residence
Etymologies
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Examples
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It was only from 2002 to 2004 that I tried the mail-in "absentee" route, mainly because my polling station in Issaquah was across town and difficult to reach.
Sound Politics: Public Service Announcement for King County Permanent Absentee Voters 2006
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The general impression is that that Arsenal's defence has been unsatisfactory since, in particular, the centre-half Thomas Vermaelen became a long-term absentee.
Arsène Wenger considers options after Arsenal draw with Blackburn 2011
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Following the departure of Cesc Fábregas and Samir Nasri, with Jack Wilshere a long-term absentee and Aaron Ramsey still feeling his way back to full effectiveness, the team as a whole lack the confidence to execute the sort of one-touch interplay Wenger favours.
French game given timely lift by a fictional All Black | Richard Williams 2011
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In the last ten days of the race, we started getting panicked reports at the White House about discouraging numbers being produced in absentee voting and early voting as our base just lost interest in the race, and we ended up losing 52 seats.
Mike Lux: Election Surprises Mike Lux 2010
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With Robin van Persie and Laurent Koscielny – who were missing against Stoke – awaiting fitness tests on Friday the manager may have to field a team against Birmingham City at Wembley missing five frontline players, because Thomas Vermaelen is a long-term absentee.
Arsenal's Theo Walcott misses cup final, Cesc Fábregas a major doubt 2011
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Overall, hundreds of thousands more Old Line State residents are likely to cast their ballots between now and Election Day at early voting centers, which are open until this Thursday, or through mail-in absentee ballots.
Poll: early voters backing O'Malley by 3 to 1 margin Kyle Dropp 2010
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Still the only obvious absentee is the Insurance industry.
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With long lines for early voting and a spike in absentee ballots, the turnout Tuesday is expected to break records in North Carolina because of the tough-fought Democratic presidential primary.
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To make matter more complicated, the state Supreme Court ruled that counties could count certain absentee ballots that the Franken campaign argued were improperly rejected.
The Early Word: Full Cabinet - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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To make matter more complicated, the state Supreme Court ruled that counties could count certain absentee ballots that the Franken campaign argued were improperly rejected.
The Early Word: Full Cabinet - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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