Definitions
1.nounA person who is absent from his or her employment, school, post, duty, etc.
2.nounA landholder who lives in another district or country than the one in which his estate is situated.
3.nounOne that is nonexistent or lacking.
4.nounA voter that is not present at the time of voting; absentee voter.
5.adjectivePertaining to one that is absent.