revenant
Meanings
Plural: revenants
Noun
- a person who returns after a lengthy absence
- someone who has returned from the dead
- Someone who returns from a long absence.
- A person or thing reborn.
- A supernatural being that returns from the dead; a zombie or ghost.
Adjective
- of or relating to or typical of a revenant
- "revenant shrieks and groans"
Adjective Satellite
- coming back
- "a revenant ghost"
Adj
- Returning.
Origin / Etymology
19th century. From French revenant, the present participle of revenir (“to return”). Compare revenue.
Synonyms
apparition, barghest, duppy, eidolon, empuse, ghost, haint, haunt, jumbie, phantom, phoenix, poltergeist, prodigal, recurring, returner, revenant, shade, specter, spectre, spirit, spook, sprite, visitant, wraith
Scrabble Score: 11
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