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ABSENTEE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does absentee mean?

• ABSENTEE (noun)
The noun ABSENTEE has 1 sense:

1. one that is absent or not in residence

Familiarity information: ABSENTEE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ABSENTEE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

One that is absent or not in residence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("absentee" is a kind of...):

traveler; traveller (a person who changes location)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "absentee"):

AWOL (one who is away or absent without leave)

defaulter (someone who fails to make a required appearance in court)

exile; expatriate (voluntarily absent from home or country)

hooky player; truant (one who is absent from school without permission)

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