defunto — meaning in English

English meaning

• decedent noun A legal term for a person who has died, used mainly in wills, estates, and probate law.
• defunct adj No longer existing, operating, or in use.
• late adj Arriving or happening after the expected or usual time.

Senses

defunto is used for these senses in English:

• decedent (legal, chiefly, _, US) A dead person.
• defunct (now, _, rare) Deceased, dead.
• late (not comparable, euphemistic) Deceased, dead: used particularly when speaking of the dead person's actions while alive. (Generally must be preceded by a possessive or an article, commonly "the"; see usage notes. Can itself only precede the person's name, never follow it.)

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