Revenant
noun
A person who returns, especially supposedly from the dead.
In the movie, 'The Revenant', a man comes back seemingly from death.
Often appears as...
- become a revenant
- see a revenant
Usage tips
Literary
noun
Something from the past that comes back or happens again.
The old tradition was a revenant that came back every year.
Often appears as...
- revenant tradition
- revenant phenomenon
Usage tips
Formal, Neutral
Academic
noun
A person who returns, especially supposedly from the dead.
In the movie, 'The Revenant', a man comes back seemingly from death.
Often appears as...
- become a revenant
- see a revenant
Usage tips
Literary
noun
Something from the past that comes back or happens again.
The old tradition was a revenant that came back every year.
Often appears as...
- revenant tradition
- revenant phenomenon
Usage tips
Formal, Neutral
Academic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Supernatural Usage
Use 'revenant' in stories or discussions about the supernatural or afterlife.
The locals believed the castle was haunted by a revenant.
Pro Tip 2/3Literary Flair
'Revenant' adds a dramatic touch when describing someone returning unexpectedly.
After years overseas, he became a revenant in his hometown.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Quite Alive
A revenant implies the return of someone or something, not necessarily in a literal living sense.
Whispers of the revenant circulated throughout the village.
Pro Tip 1/3Supernatural Usage
Use 'revenant' in stories or discussions about the supernatural or afterlife.
The locals believed the castle was haunted by a revenant.
Pro Tip 2/3Literary Flair
'Revenant' adds a dramatic touch when describing someone returning unexpectedly.
After years overseas, he became a revenant in his hometown.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Quite Alive
A revenant implies the return of someone or something, not necessarily in a literal living sense.
Whispers of the revenant circulated throughout the village.
Pro Tip 1/3Supernatural Usage
Use 'revenant' in stories or discussions about the supernatural or afterlife.
The locals believed the castle was haunted by a revenant.
Pro Tip 2/3Literary Flair
'Revenant' adds a dramatic touch when describing someone returning unexpectedly.
After years overseas, he became a revenant in his hometown.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Quite Alive
A revenant implies the return of someone or something, not necessarily in a literal living sense.
Whispers of the revenant circulated throughout the village.
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Safari Live - Day 134 PIPE...
damaged last night she's gonna remake some of it and after laying eggs in the tree soon she will die and the next season they will hatch again and the whole process of the golden orbs ecology begins again rev Indus the revenant Paula spiders have got a very special mechanism on their feet which enables them to walk over their web without
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Billy Collins: Two poems...
Thank you. And our next dog speaks in something called the revenant, which means a spirit that comes back
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 134 PIPE...
damaged last night she's gonna remake some of it and after laying eggs in the tree soon she will die and the next season they will hatch again and the whole process of the golden orbs ecology begins again rev Indus the revenant Paula spiders have got a very special mechanism on their feet which enables them to walk over their web without
Video examples
Billy Collins: Two poems...
Thank you. And our next dog speaks in something called the revenant, which means a spirit that comes back
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