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Definition of Dead person
1. Noun. Someone who is no longer alive. "I wonder what the dead person would have done"
Generic synonyms: Individual, Mortal, Person, Somebody, Someone, Soul
Group relationships: Dead
Specialized synonyms: Infernal, Living Dead, Zombi, Zombie
Specialized synonyms: Lazarus
Derivative terms: Decease, Departed
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dead Person
Literary usage of Dead person
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"... nays, " It is supposed to be a creature having life, engendered under the
earth of the need of some dead person put te death for murder. ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of Crimes by William Lawrence Clark, William Lawrence Marshall, Herschel Bouton Lazell (1905)
"The publication of a libel on the character of a dead person is a misdemeanor if
it is calculated to throw discredit on living persons, and so provoke them ..."
3. Toda Grammar and Texts by Murray Barnson Emeneau (1984)
"In 125.11 kö'r fi'x- 'to make a funeral', literally, to go to the dead person (and
make his funeral), follows the phrase for 'day of second funeral': marf ..."
4. The Law Reports by James Redfoord Bulwer (1872)
"A dead person cannot be said to be " a person entitled to vote ;" and the appellant
therefore could not be guilty of personation under 14 & 15 Viet. c. ..."
5. Precedents of Indictments and Pleas: Adapted to the Use of Both of the by Francis Wharton (1881)
"The indictment, instead of saying 'the remains of anv dead person,' says 'the dead
... What are the remains of a dead person? the dead body is the answer. ..."
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