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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Absentee

/ăbˌ-sən-tē'/ · Ab·sen·tee · IPA /ˌæb.sn̩ˈti/
01 n. One who absents himself from his country, office, post, or duty; especially, a landholder who lives in another country or district than tha…
  1. 1.
    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; as, an Irish absentee.