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abscondee

abscondee noun: a person who has absconded.

Noun

abscondee (plural abscondees)

  1. A person who has absconded.
    • An investigator begins an intensive search for the abscondee.1967 ·, Louise Boggess, Journey to Citizenship, page 51
    • A Plot in Private Life, a Collins novella, sets Mr Dark, a lawyer's clerk, on the train of an abscondee.2009, Russell James, Great British Fictional Detectives, page 18
    Synonyms:
    absconder
  2. (rare) A person who is abandoned by an absconder.
    • '[…] After Norm absconded, I found that a little disconcerting. As if the sonofabitch was still there, staring at me, checking up on me. Are you an absconder, Tom?' 'No, I think I'm technically an abscondee.' 'Ah, well, there we are. We have something in common. Here's to all abscondees.2010, Nicholas Evans, The Brave
    • The self-pity of the absconder against the bitter clarity of the left-behind, the abscondee.2022, Ian McEwan, Lessons, page 11

Synonyms of abscondee

Forms of abscondee

pluralabscondees

Origin of abscondee

From abscond + -ee.

Questions about abscondee

What does abscondee mean?
Abscondee means a person who has absconded.
What part of speech is abscondee?
Abscondee is a noun.
What is the plural of abscondee?
The plural of abscondee is abscondees.

Words near abscondee in the dictionary

  1. absconce
  2. absconces
  3. abscond
  4. abscondancy
  5. absconded
  6. abscondee
  7. abscondees
  8. abscondence
  9. abscondences
  10. absconder
  11. absconders

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