"absentee" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "absent + -ee",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "absentee",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
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    },
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The history class has no absentees today."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An absentee is someone that is not present in one function. Usually used in absence from school."
      ],
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        "countable"
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        {
          "word": "truant"
        }
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      "ipa": "/ˌæb.sn̩ˈti/",
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      ]
    },
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  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "absentee",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "plural"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The history class has no absentees today."
        }
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        "An absentee is someone that is not present in one function. Usually used in absence from school."
      ],
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        "countable"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "truant"
        }
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  "word": "absentee"
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