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Noun: decedent  di'see-d(u)nt
Usage: US
  1. Someone who is no longer alive
    - dead person, dead soul, deceased person, deceased, departed

Derived forms: decedents

See also: decease

Type of: individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul

Part of: dead

Encyclopedia: Decedent