revenant
Other forms: revenants
Use the word revenant to talk about someone who returns after a long absence. If your cat goes missing for weeks, only to stroll back into your house one morning, you could describe him as a revenant.
Anyone who comes back after being gone for a long time can be described as revenant, which can be a noun or an adjective. You can even use revenant to talk about ghosts, in that they are said to be spirits of those returning from the dead, or a fashion trend from long ago that is popular again, like revenant tie-dye t-shirts. The word revenant comes from the French revenir, which means "to return."
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a person who returns after a lengthy absence
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someone who has returned from the dead
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type of:
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ghost
the visible disembodied soul of a dead person
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ghost
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of or relating to or typical of a revenant“revenant shrieks and groans”
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coming back
/ˈrɛvənɪnt/
/ˈrɛvɪnənt/
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