Absenter

//æbˈsɛn.tɚ// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who stays away; one who absents herself or himself.

    "[…] if many of them that vse the meanes of saluation, shall not bee saued, where shall wilfull Recusants, obstinate absenters, and carelesse contemners of the Word, appeare?"

Adjective
  1. 1
    comparative form of absent: more absent comparative, form-of, rare

Example

More examples

"[…] if many of them that vse the meanes of saluation, shall not bee saued, where shall wilfull Recusants, obstinate absenters, and carelesse contemners of the Word, appeare?"

Etymology

From absent + -er.

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