(~s)
1.
An ~ is a person who is expected to be in a particular place but who is not there.
N-COUNT
2.
Absentee is used to describe someone who is not there to do a particular job in person.
Absentee fathers will be forced to pay child maintenance.
ADJ: ADJ n
3.
In elections in the United States, if you vote by ~ ballot or if you are an ~ voter, you vote in advance because you will be away. (AM)
ADJ: ADJ n