revenant

[ rev-uh-nuh nt ]

/ ˈrɛv ə nənt /

a person who returns.

a person who returns as a spirit after death; ghost.

Origin of revenant

1820–30; < French: ghost, noun use of present participle of revenir to return, equivalent to re- re- + ven(ir) to come (< Latin venīre) + -ant -ant

“It might account for her seeing this revenant cavalier in any passenger,” said Lauzun, not satisfied yet.

A Reputed Changeling |Charlotte M. Yonge
But stop a moment—granted success, how shall we talk with our Inca revenant?

The Romance of Golden Star ... |George Chetwynd Griffith
The Jena was a remarkably fine and fast vessel, and, as the Revenant privateer, had formerly cruised long and very successfully.

The Life of Admiral Viscount Exmouth |Edward Osler
You are now one of us; a revenant, even as I, and to live you must feed on the living.

Each Man Kills |Victoria Glad

It is by the strength of the revenant, by the return of his soul into his body?

The Phantom World |Augustin Calmet

revenant

/ (ˈrɛvɪnənt) /

something, esp a ghost, that returns

C19: from French: ghost, from revenir to come back, from Latin revenīre, from re- + venīre to come