noun
deader
noun
1
Slang for a dead person, or someone about to die.
"By the time the medics arrived, he was already a deader."
How to Use Deader
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA dark slang term for a corpse or someone certain to die soon.
When to use it
Dated and informal, mostly found in older crime fiction and slang.
Word Forms
deaders plural
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Etymology
From dead plus the suffix -er.