revenant

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(rĕv'ə-nənt) pronunciation
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.]


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noun

    A supernatural being, such as a ghost: apparition, bogey, bogeyman, bogle, eidolon, ghost, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, shade, shadow, specter, spirit, visitant, wraith. Informal spook. Regional haunt. See beings, supernatural.

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one that returns after death or a long absence
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