What does absentee mean?
Definitions for absentee
ˌæb sənˈtiab·sen·tee
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word absentee.
Princeton's WordNet
absenteenoun
one that is absent or not in residence
Wiktionary
absenteenoun
A person who is absent from his or her employment, school, post, duty, etc.
absenteenoun
A landholder who lives in another district or country than the one in which his estate is situated.
absenteenoun
One that is nonextistent or lacking.
absenteeadjective
Pertaining to one that is absent.
absenteeadjective
Not in residence.
Etymology: * First attested in 1537.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Absenteenoun
He that is absent from his station or employment, or country. A word used commonly with regard to Irishmen living out of their country.
Then was the first statute made against absentees, commanding all such as had land in Ireland, to return and reside thereupon. John Davies, on Ireland.
A great part of estates in Ireland are owned by absentees, and such as draw over the profits raised out of Ireland, refunding nothing. Josiah Child, Discourse on Trade.
ChatGPT
absentee
An absentee is an individual who is expected, due or supposed to be somewhere (like a meeting, event, school, or a vote) but does not attend or is missing. This term also refers to a person who owns a business or property but does not live in that area or attend to the day-to-day operations personally.
Webster Dictionary
Absenteenoun
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
Wikidata
Absentee
Absentee are a band from London, signed to Memphis Industries. They are Dan Michaelson, Melinda Bronstein, Babak Ganjei, Laurie Earle and Che Albrighton.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of absentee in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of absentee in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of absentee in a Sentence
In Florida you have an honest system, so vote absentee. Your vote will be counted ; it's real.
What I witnessed at a polling precinct in Southwest Atlanta was an older voter who voted in person because her absentee ballot had not arrived. She returned home to find the ballot had been delivered and was so conscientious that she brought it back to the polls and destroyed it in the presence of poll workers.
Extending the deadline for absentee ballots to be received would make a huge difference. Extending the window for courts to be able to count ballots would help make this election work. Removing the requirement to get a witness when you file your absentee ballot is common sense.
There is a direct correlation between the state’s sweeping anti-voter law, S.B. 202, and Cobb County’s failure to get over a thousand registered voters their absentee ballots, the anti-voter law put tremendous pressure on elections officials to accomplish a number of responsibilities under a very tight deadline, and in Cobb County, that pressure has resulted in a huge error and hundreds of voters at risk of being disenfranchised.
The voter in question properly applied for an absentee ballot, provided her state-issued driver's license with Donna Brydges application, and returned Donna Brydges absentee ballot in the properly signed and sealed envelope as required by state law, the board of election inspectors, consisting of Republican and Democratic members, had no question that the voter was who she purported to be or that her signatures matched.
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