adjective [onlybeforenoun] (formal)
1 dead. People say 'departed' to avoid saying 'dead':
your dear departed brother
2 (the departed) noun (plural the departed) the person who has died
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for departed is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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