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Meaning of ABSENTEE

Pronunciation:  `absun'tee

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  one that is absent or not in residence
 

ABSENTEE is a 8 letter word that starts with A.

 

 See Also: AWOL, defaulter, exile, expatriate, hooky player, traveler, traveller, truant

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ab`sen*tee"\, n.
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. --Macaulay.
 

 

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