A person who is absent from his or her employment, school, post, duty, etc.
At roll-call there were three absentees.
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Something that is not present where it might be expected.
The manufacturer's promised new model was a notable absentee at the car show.
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(attributive) Designating something whose owner, person responsible, etc. is absent.
absentee ballot, absentee property
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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