1. a person who has returned from the dead; a ghost or zombie
Usage: literary; supernatural

Examples

• The old castle was said to be haunted by a revenant seeking revenge.
• In the horror novel, the revenant terrorized the village at night.
• Local legends spoke of a revenant that wandered the cemetery.
• The film featured a revenant rising from its grave.
• She claimed to have seen a revenant in the abandoned house.
• The revenant appeared only during the full moon.