revenant
pronunciation
How to pronounce revenant in British English:
UK ['revənənt]
How to pronounce revenant in American English:
US ['revənənt]
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- Noun:
- a person who returns after a lengthy absence
- someone who has returned from the dead
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to or typical of a revenant
- coming back
Word Origin
- revenant (n.)
- "one who returns," especially after a long absence; "a ghost," 1814 (in "Rosanne" by Laetitia Matilda Hawkins), from French revenant (fem. revenante), noun use of present participle of revenir "to return" (see revenue).
Example
- 1. A revenant is a corpse possessed by a demon of pride or of desire ...... making it amongst the most powerful possessed opponents that one can face .
- 2. In romanian folklore it was thought that a bat insect or other flying creature that passed over a corpse could turn it into a revenant ( a corpse that returns from the grave ) .