"abscondee" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: abscondees [plural]
Etymology: From abscond + -ee. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|abscond|-ee}} abscond + -ee Head templates: {{en-noun}} abscondee (plural abscondees)
  1. A person who has absconded. Synonyms: absconder
    Sense id: en-abscondee-en-noun-64QbCmfR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ee, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ee: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 79 21
  2. (rare) A person who is abandoned by an absconder. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-abscondee-en-noun-2Un7Euf~

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1967 ·, Louise Boggess, Journey to Citizenship, page 51:",
          "text": "An investigator begins an intensive search for the abscondee.",
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          "ref": "2009, Russell James, Great British Fictional Detectives, page 18:",
          "text": "A Plot in Private Life, a Collins novella, sets Mr Dark, a lawyer's clerk, on the train of an abscondee.",
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          "ref": "2023 July 4, Tiffany May, “Hong Kong Targets Dissidents Overseas With Bounties”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-07-18:",
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