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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DECE'DENT, n. A deceased person.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: someone who is no longer alive; "I wonder what the dead person would have done" [syn: dead person, dead soul, deceased person, deceased, decedent, departed]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Latin decedent-, decedens, present participle of decedere Date: 1599 a deceased person — used chiefly in law

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. US Law a deceased person. Etymology: L decedere die: see DECEASE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Decedent De*ce"dent, a. [L. decedens, p. pr. of decedere.] Removing; departing. --Ash.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Decedent De*ce"dent, n. A deceased person. --Bouvier.