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- Dictionaryrevenant/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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REVENANT definition: 1. someone who has returned, especially someone who returns to life after being dead: 2. someone…. Learn more.
Revenant - 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').
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.
REVENANT meaning: 1. someone who has returned, especially someone who returns to life after being dead: 2. someone…. Learn more.
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.
What does the word revenant mean? There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the word revenant . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
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.
Something, esp a ghost, that returns.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
rev·e·nant. (rĕv′ə-nənt) n. 1. One that returns after a lengthy absence. 2. One who returns after death. [French, from present participle of revenir, to return, from Old French; see revenue.] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
a person who has returned, especially one who is thought to have come back from the dead. The stories focus on unnatural death, revenants and vampires. Want to learn more?
