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BEREAVED PERSON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bereaved person mean?
• BEREAVED PERSON (noun)
The noun BEREAVED PERSON has 1 sense:
1. a person who has suffered the death of someone they loved
Familiarity information: BEREAVED PERSON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who has suffered the death of someone they loved
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
bereaved; bereaved person
Context example:
the bereaved do not always need to be taken care of
Hypernyms ("bereaved person" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
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