Bible Dictionaries
Absentee

Webster's Dictionary

(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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Absentee'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/absentee.html. 1828.