1. Someone who has returned from the dead
   "The horror movie featured a revenant seeking revenge on the living"
    
2. A person who returns after a lengthy absence
   "After 20 years abroad, he returned as a revenant to his hometown"

1. Coming back
   "a revenant ghost";
   - recurring
    
2. Of or relating to or typical of a revenant
   "revenant shrieks and groans"

Derived forms: revenants

See also: continual

Type of: actor, doer, ghost, worker

Encyclopedia: Revenant