Hypertext Webster Gateway: "decedent"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Decedent \De*ce"dent\, a. [L. decedens, p. pr. of decedere.]
Removing; departing. --Ash.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Decedent \De*ce"dent\, n.
A deceased person. --Bouvier.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
decedent
n : someone who is no longer alive; "I wonder what the dead
person would have done" [syn: {dead person}, {dead soul},
{deceased person}, {deceased}, {departed}]
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