Absconder

//æbˈskɑn.dɚ// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 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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