absentee; person who is absent
Refers to a person who is not present, often used in formal or legal contexts such as voting, meetings, or legal declarations.
There were many absentees at the meeting.
Please tell me the procedure for absentee voting.
absentee voting; absentee ballot
Compound of 不在 (absence) + 者 (person). The exact historical derivation is straightforward; the word follows standard Sino-Japanese word formation patterns.