'Decedent' definitions:
Definition of 'decedent'
From: WordNet
noun
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]
Definition of 'Decedent'
From: GCIDE
- Decedent \De*ce"dent\, a. [L. decedens, p. pr. of decedere.] Removing; departing. --Ash. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Decedent'
From: GCIDE
- Decedent \De*ce"dent\, n. A deceased person. --Bouvier. [1913 Webster]