revenant

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  1. noun One that returns after a lengthy absence.
  2. noun One who returns after death.

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  • Worst-case scenario, they rose without any higher brain functions, a horrible mess called a revenant. —  Chance, Karen - Touch the Dark
  • The revenant is commanded by whoever controls the artifact built with its mortal remains. —  Kat Richardson - Greywalker 1 - Greywalker (v2.0)
  • A revenant, in English as in French, meant a creature come back from the dead to haunt the living. —  Title here
  • All this begs the question: why do these revenant creatures fascinate us so much?
  • Now, the final invocation they use to revive this revenant appears to be broken. —  Black Triangle
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. French, from present participle of revenir, to return, from Old French; see revenue.

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  1. from French revenant, present participle of revenir, come back, from re-, back, again, + venir, from Latin venire, come: see come. Cf. revenue.
 

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