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absentee definition

ab·sen·tee (ab′sən tē′)

noun

a person who is absent, as from work, school, etc.

adjective

designating or of a landlord or owner whose personal residence is distant from any other property owned, esp. from such property rented to another

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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