Revenant Definition & Meaning

revenant
adjective
  1. of or relating to or typical of a revenant; "revenant shrieks and groans"
  2. coming back; "a revenant ghost"
noun
  1. a person who returns after a lengthy absence
  2. someone who has returned from the dead

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