absconder

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
17
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/æbˈskɑn.dɚ/ (US)
See all 3 pronunciations
/æbˈskɑn.dɚ/ (US) · /æbˈzkɑn.dɚ/ (US) · /æbˈskɒn.də/

Definition of absconder

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A person who absconds.
    “[…] unless such an Act of Grace do reach insolvent Absconders, who to shun the Cruelty of their severe Creditors confine themselves out of their Reach, ’tis humbly conceived, ’twill be but half an Act of Grace.”
    “What else could it all mean but that Mr. Robert Weymouth was an absconder—was about to fly with the bank’s remaining funds […]”
    “Steve and I sneaked immediately, like beaten curs, like cowards, like absconders from justice.”
    “He smiled at the view over the hedge, at the other front gardens, at the approaching Rover and then its driver, squinting in a rictus of his own against the evening sun, and making Paul feel again like an intruder, or now perhaps an absconder.”

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Etymology

From abscond + -er.

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