revenant
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From French revenant, the present participle of revenir (“‘to return’”). Compare revenue.
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revenant (plural revenants)
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) Someone who returns from a long absence.
- 1886, Mrs Lynn Linton, Paston Carew viii, as cited in the Oxford English Dictionary, volume 8 part 1, published 1914, page 595:
- They would not visit this undesirable revenant with his insolent wealth and discreditable origin.
- 1895 August 31, Daily News 4/7, as cited in the Oxford English Dictionary, volume 8 part 1, published 1914, page 595:
- The undergraduates, our fogey revenant observes, look much as they did.., in outward aspect.
- 1886, Mrs Lynn Linton, Paston Carew viii, as cited in the Oxford English Dictionary, volume 8 part 1, published 1914, page 595:
- A person or thing reborn.
- 2007, John Burrow, A History of Histories, Penguin 2009, page 184:
- Sometimes […] semi-identifications could be made on the basis of names. Henry VII's son Arthur was hailed as a revenant in this way.
- 2007, John Burrow, A History of Histories, Penguin 2009, page 184:
- A supernatural being that returns from the dead; a zombie or ghost.
- 1969, Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah[1], 2008 ed., ISBN 0441015611, page 19:
- Earlier you mentioned a ghost, a revenant with which we may contaminate the Emperor.
- 1969, Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah[1], 2008 ed., ISBN 0441015611, page 19:
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- See also Wikisaurus:ghost
[edit] Translations
Someone who returns from a long absence
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someone reborn
supernatural being
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[edit] French
[edit] Verb
revenant
- Present participle of revenir.
[edit] Noun
revenant m. (plural revenants)
- A supernatural being that returns from the dead; a zombie or ghost.
