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Definition of: posthumous
(pos′ch
·məs) adjective
1. Born after the father's death: said of a child.
2. Published after the author's death, as a book.
3. Arising or continuing after a person's death: a posthumous reputation. [<LL posthumus <L postumus latest, last, superl. of posterus. See POSTERIOR.]
—post′hu·mous·ly adverb
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