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data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/absentee" title="absentee – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="absentee" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/absentee" title="absentee – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="absentee" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/absentee" title="absentee – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="absentee" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wiktionary.org/wiki/absentee" title="absentee – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="absentee" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wiktionary.org/wiki/absentee" title="absentee – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="absentee" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wiktionary.org/wiki/absentee" title="absentee – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="absentee" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wiktionary.org/wiki/absentee" title="absentee – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="absentee" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wiktionary.org/wiki/absentee" title="absentee – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="absentee" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/absentee" title="absentee – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="absentee" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wiktionary.org/wiki/absentee" title="absentee – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="absentee" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wiktionary.org/wiki/absentee" title="absentee – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="absentee" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wiktionary.org/wiki/absentee" title="absentee – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="absentee" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/absentee" title="absentee – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="absentee" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-om mw-list-item"><a href="https://om.wiktionary.org/wiki/absentee" title="absentee – Oromo" lang="om" hreflang="om" data-title="absentee" data-language-autonym="Oromoo" data-language-local-name="Oromo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oromoo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wiktionary.org/wiki/absentee" title="absentee – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="absentee" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/absentee" title="absentee – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="absentee" 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English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wiktionary.org/wiki/absentee" title="absentee – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="absentee" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/absentee" title="absentee – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="absentee" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/absentee" title="absentee – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="absentee" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wiktionary.org/wiki/absentee" title="absentee – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="absentee" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-shn mw-list-item"><a href="https://shn.wiktionary.org/wiki/absentee" title="absentee – Shan" lang="shn" hreflang="shn" data-title="absentee" data-language-autonym="ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး " data-language-local-name="Shan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး </span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wiktionary.org/wiki/absentee" title="absentee – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="absentee" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li 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qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English" class="extiw" title="w:American English">US</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˌæb.sn̩ˈti/</span></li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/wiki/Rhymes:English/i%CB%90" title="Rhymes:English/iː"><span class="IPA">-iː</span></a></li> <li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r50165410">.mw-parser-output .k-player .k-attribution{visibility:hidden}</style><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_in_southern_England" class="extiw" title="w:English in southern England">Southern England</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="2" data-mwtitle="LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-absentee.wav" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/74/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-absentee.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-absentee.wav.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-transcodekey="ogg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/74/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-absentee.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-absentee.wav.mp3" 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<ol><li>A person who is <a href="/wiki/absent" title="absent">absent</a> from his or her <a href="/wiki/employment" title="employment">employment</a>, <a href="/wiki/school" title="school">school</a>, <a href="/wiki/post" title="post">post</a>, <a href="/wiki/duty" title="duty">duty</a>, etc. <span class="defdate">[First attested around 1350 to 1470.]</span><sup id="cite_ref-SOED_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SOED-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content">chiefly <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_English" class="extiw" title="w:British English">British</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#historical" title="Appendix:Glossary">historical</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> A <a href="/wiki/landholder" title="landholder">landholder</a> who lives in another <a href="/wiki/district" title="district">district</a> or <a href="/wiki/country" title="country">country</a> than the one in which his <a href="/wiki/estate" title="estate">estate</a> is situated. <span class="defdate">[First attested in the early 17<sup>th</sup> century.]</span><sup id="cite_ref-SOED_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SOED-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1840</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Byron,_6th_Baron_Byron" class="extiw" title="w:George Byron, 6th Baron Byron">Lord Byron</a>, “<span class="None" lang="und">Letter 374: to Mr. Moore (24 May 1820)</span>”, in John Murray, editor, <cite>The Works of Lord Byron: With His Letters and Journals, and His Life</cite>, page <span class="None" lang="und">317</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">My trustees are going to lend Earl Blessington sixty thousand pounds (at six per cent.) on a Dublin mortgage. Only think of my becoming an Irish <b>absentee</b>!</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li>One that is <a href="/wiki/nonexistent" title="nonexistent">nonexistent</a> or <a href="/wiki/lacking" title="lacking">lacking</a>.</li> <li>A voter that is not present at the time of voting; <a href="/wiki/absentee_voter" title="absentee voter">absentee voter</a>. <span class="defdate">[First attested in the early 20<sup>th</sup> century.]</span><sup id="cite_ref-SOED_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SOED-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=absentee&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="columns-bg term-list ul-column-count" data-column-count="2"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/absentee_ballot#English" title="absentee ballot">absentee ballot</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/absenteeist#English" title="absenteeist">absenteeist</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/absentee_ownership#English" title="absentee ownership">absentee ownership</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/absenteeship#English" title="absenteeship">absenteeship</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/absentee_vote#English" title="absentee vote">absentee vote</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/absentee_voting#English" title="absentee voting">absentee voting</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/presentee#English" title="presentee">presentee</a></span></li></ul></div><div class="list-switcher-element" 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absent</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="person who is absent"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81584270">.mw-parser-output .translations{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .translations-cell{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-lightyellow,#FFFFe0);vertical-align:top;text-align:left}</style> <ul><li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/afwezige#Dutch" title="afwezige">afwezige</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/afwezige" class="extiw" title="nl:afwezige">(nl)</a></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/poissaoleva#Finnish" title="poissaoleva">poissaoleva</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/poissaoleva" class="extiw" title="fi:poissaoleva">(fi)</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/absent#French" title="absent">absent</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/absent" class="extiw" title="fr:absent">(fr)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Gallurese: <span class="Latn" lang="sdn"><a href="/wiki/assenti#Gallurese" title="assenti">assenti</a></span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abwesender&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Abwesender (page does not exist)">Abwesender</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abwesende&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Abwesende (page does not exist)">Abwesende</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Greek: <span class="Grek" lang="el"><a href="/wiki/%CE%B1%CF%80%CF%8E%CE%BD#Greek" title="απών">απών</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%B1%CF%80%CF%8E%CE%BD" class="extiw" title="el:απών">(el)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="el-Latn" class="tr Latn">apón</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/assente#Italian" title="assente">assente</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/assente" class="extiw" title="it:assente">(it)</a></span></li> <li>Maori: <span class="Latn" lang="mi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=kaitak%C4%93&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="kaitakē (page does not exist)">kaitakē</a></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/ausente#Portuguese" title="ausente">ausente</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/ausente" class="extiw" title="pt:ausente">(pt)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> or <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/faltoso#Portuguese" title="faltoso">faltoso</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/faltoso" class="extiw" title="pt:faltoso">(pt)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%81%D1%83%D1%82%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D1%83%D1%8E%D1%89%D0%B8%D0%B9#Russian" title="отсутствующий">отсу́тствующий</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%81%D1%83%D1%82%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D1%83%D1%8E%D1%89%D0%B8%D0%B9" class="extiw" title="ru:отсутствующий">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">otsútstvujuščij</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Sardinian: <dl><dd>Campidanese Sardinian: <span class="Latn" lang="sc"><a href="/wiki/ausente#Sardinian" title="ausente">ausente</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="sc"><a href="/w/index.php?title=stesiau&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="stesiau (page does not exist)">stesiau</a></span></dd> <dd>Logudorese Sardinian: <span class="Latn" lang="sc"><a href="/wiki/ausente#Sardinian" title="ausente">ausente</a></span></dd></dl></li> <li>Sassarese: <span class="Latn" lang="sdc"><a href="/wiki/assenti#Sassarese" title="assenti">assenti</a></span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/ausente#Spanish" title="ausente">ausente</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/ausente" class="extiw" title="es:ausente">(es)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> or <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-landholder_who_doesn&#039;t_live_where_his_estate_is"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">landholder who doesn't live where his estate is</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="landholder who doesn't live where his estate is"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/absentista#Portuguese" title="absentista">absentista</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> or <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-one_that_is_nonexistent_or_lacking"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">one that is nonexistent or lacking</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="one that is nonexistent or lacking"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/poissaoleva#Finnish" title="poissaoleva">poissaoleva</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/poissaoleva" class="extiw" title="fi:poissaoleva">(fi)</a></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="pseudo NavFrame" id="Translations-voter_that_is_not_present_at_the_time_of_voting"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">voter that is not present at the time of voting <span style="font-weight:normal">— <i>see </i></span><a href="/wiki/absentee_voter#Translations" title="absentee voter">absentee voter</a></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjective">Adjective</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=absentee&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Adjective"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">absentee</strong> (<i>not <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#comparable" title="Appendix:Glossary">comparable</a></i>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_nouns#Attributive" title="Appendix:English nouns">attributive</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> Pertaining to someone who is <a href="/wiki/absent" title="absent">absent</a>, for example does not live in the relevant local area, sometimes implying that they are difficult to contact, unresponsive, avoiding their responsibilities, etc. <span class="defdate">[First attested in the mid 19<sup>th</sup> century.]</span><sup id="cite_ref-SOED_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SOED-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example collocation"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><b>absentee</b> father, <b>absentee</b> landlord, <b>absentee</b> freeholder</i></div></dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Translations_2">Translations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=absentee&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-pertaining_to_one_who_is_absent"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">pertaining to one who is absent</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="pertaining to one who is absent"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/poissaoleva#Finnish" title="poissaoleva">poissaoleva</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/poissaoleva" class="extiw" title="fi:poissaoleva">(fi)</a></span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/absente#Spanish" title="absente">absente</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/absente" class="extiw" title="es:absente">(es)</a></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References">References</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=absentee&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://webstersdictionary1828.com/Dictionary/absentee">absentee</a> in <i>An American Dictionary of the English Language</i>, by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noah_Webster" class="extiw" title="w:Noah Webster">Noah Webster</a>, 1828.</li> <li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.websters1913.com/words/Absentee">absentee</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webster%27s_Dictionary#Webster's_New_International_Dictionary_1909" class="extiw" title="w:Webster's Dictionary">Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary</a></cite>, Springfield, Mass.: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merriam-Webster" class="extiw" title="w:Merriam-Webster">G. & C. Merriam</a>, <span class="None" lang="und">1913</span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/800618302">→OCLC</a></small>.</span></span></li> <li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.dictionary.com/browse/absentee">absentee</a>”, in <cite>Dictionary.com Unabridged</cite>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionary.com" class="extiw" title="w:Dictionary.com">Dictionary.com, LLC</a>, 1995–present.</span></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-SOED-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-SOED_1-0">1.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-SOED_1-1">1.1</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-SOED_1-2">1.2</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-SOED_1-3">1.3</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (<span class="None" lang="und">2002</span>), “absentee”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shorter_Oxford_English_Dictionary" class="extiw" title="w:Shorter Oxford English Dictionary">The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles</a></cite>, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_University_Press" class="extiw" title="w:Oxford University Press">Oxford University Press</a>, <small><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-860457-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-860457-0">→ISBN</a></small>, page 8.</span></span></span> </li> </ol></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1&useformat=desktop" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" 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