Sekirov Dictionary

revenant

/ˈɹɛvənənt/

noun 3
adjective 1
forms 3

noun3

Someone who returns from a long absence.
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A person or thing reborn.
- Sometimes […] semi-identifications could be made on the basis of names. Henry VII's son Arthur was hailed as a revenant in this way. — 2007
•
A supernatural being that returns from the dead; a zombie or ghost.
- Earlier you mentioned a ghost, a revenant with which we may contaminate the Emperor. — 1969

adjective1

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Returning.
- On clear nights when the moon was full, she waited for its shining revenant ghost. — 1988

forms

revenants · more revenant · most revenant

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