Absconder
//æbˈskɑn.dɚ// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A person who absconds.
"[…] unless such an Act of Grace do reach insolvent Absconders, who to shun the Cruelty of their severe Creditors confine themselves out of their Reach, ’tis humbly conceived, ’twill be but half an Act of Grace."
- 2 a fugitive who runs away and hides to avoid arrest or prosecution wordnet
Example
More examples"[…] unless such an Act of Grace do reach insolvent Absconders, who to shun the Cruelty of their severe Creditors confine themselves out of their Reach, ’tis humbly conceived, ’twill be but half an Act of Grace."
Etymology
From abscond + -er.
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