Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who absents himself.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who absents one's self.
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- adjective rare
comparative form ofabsent : moreabsent
Etymologies
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Examples
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But this was not to be allowed, and their persecutors at last fell on the method of calling a roll of the parishioners 'names every Sabbath, and marking a fine of twenty shillings Scots to the name of each absenter.
Lay Morals Robert Louis Stevenson 1872
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unknown title 2009
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If you're interested, drop a line to naz at absenter dot org.
unknown title 2009
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If you're interested, drop a line to naz at absenter dot org.
unknown title 2009
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But this was not to be allowed, and their persecutors at last fell on the method of calling a roll of the parishioners’ names every Sabbath, and marking a fine of twenty shillings Scots to the name of each absenter.
Lay Morals 2005
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