Posthumous

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Occurring or continuing after one's death: a posthumous award.
  • adj. Published after the writer's death: a posthumous book.
  • adj. Born after the death of the father: a posthumous child.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Born after the death of one's father.
  • adj. After the death of someone
  • adj. Taking place after one's own death
  • adj. In reference to a work, published after the author's death.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Born after the death of the father, or taken from the dead body of the mother.
  • adj. Published after the death of the author
  • adj. Being or continuing after one's death.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Born after the death of the father: as, a posthumous son.
  • Appearing or existing after the death or cessation of that to which its origin is due; especially, of books, published after the death of the author: as, posthumous works.
  • n. A posthumous child.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. occurring or coming into existence after a person's death
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