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    revenant
    /ˈrɛvɪnənt/

    noun

    • 1. a person who has returned, especially supposedly from the dead: "he was three hundred years old, a terrible living revenant"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishREVENANT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    REVENANT definition: 1. someone who has returned, especially someone who returns to life after being dead: 2. someone…. Learn more.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › revenantRevenant Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Denoting “one that returns after death or a long absence,” revenant is a borrowing from French that was originally formed from the present participle of the verb revenir ("to return"). It literally means “one coming back,” either from another place or from the dead.

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › RevenantRevenant - Wikipedia

    In folklore, a revenant is a spirit or animated corpse that is believed to have been revived from death to haunt the living. [6] [7] The word revenant is derived from the Old French word revenant 'returning' (see also the related French verb revenir 'to come back' ).

  5. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryREVENANT | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    REVENANT meaning: 1. someone who has returned, especially someone who returns to life after being dead: 2. someone…. Learn more.

  6. www.dictionary.com › browse › revenantREVENANT Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    a person who returns as a spirit after death; ghost. a corpse reanimated by a supernatural force; an undead being. revenant. / ˈrɛvɪnənt / noun. something, esp a ghost, that returns. Discover More. Word History and Origins. Origin of revenant 1.

  7. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › revenantRevenant - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    Use the word revenant to talk about someone who returns after a long absence. If your cat goes missing for weeks, only to stroll back into your house one morning, you could describe him as a revenant.

  8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › us › definitionrevenant noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    Definition of revenant noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  9. www.dictionary.com › browse › RevenantREVENANT Definition & Usage Examples | Dictionary.com

    How to use . revenant in a sentence Another revenant came back about that time, along the dimly blazed trails of fate. Our Square and the People in It | Samuel Hopkins Adams

  10. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishREVENANT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    1. a person who returns. 2. a person who returns as a spirit after death; ghost. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019 by Penguin Random House LLC and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. Word origin.

  11. www.oed.com › dictionary › revenant_nrevenant, n. & adj.² meanings, etymology and more | Oxford...

    There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the word revenant. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.