What is the meaning of revenant?

noun

  • A person who returns after a lengthy absence.
  • Someone who has returned from the dead.

adjective

  • Of or relating to or typical of a revenant.
    • usage: "revenant shrieks and groans"
  • Coming back.
    • usage: "a revenant ghost"
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