deceased

[US]/dɪ'siːst/

[UK]/dɪ'sist/

Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. no longer living; dead; passed away; departed.

the deceased Turkish ambassador.

The deceased man left no will.

disposition of the deceased's property.

The deceased general was a great soldier.

His mother is now sadly deceased.

Hank "Buddy" Leitch Muldoon is the rather dimwitted son of a recently deceased Bayou smuggling lord.

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