Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1.
a person who returns after a lengthy absence;
2.
someone who has returned from the dead;
ADJECTIVE (2)
1.
of or relating to or typical of a revenant;
- Example: "revenant shrieks and groans"2.
coming back;
- Example: "a revenant ghost"[syn: recurring, revenant]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
revenant
adj 1: of or relating to or typical of a revenant; "revenant
shrieks and groans"
2: coming back; "a revenant ghost" [syn: recurring,
revenant]
n 1: a person who returns after a lengthy absence
2: someone who has returned from the dead