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decedent
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Noun decedent has 1 sense
- decedent(n = noun.person) dead person, dead soul, deceased, deceased person, departed - someone who is no longer alive; "I wonder what the dead person would have done" is a kind of individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
is a member of dead
has particulars: infernal, living dead, zombi, zombie, lazarus
Derived form verb decease1
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