revenant
noun
a person who returns.
revenants
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pluralof revenant.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The imagery conjures a supernatural patchwork of revenants and Superman.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2024
James’s tales of revenants and demons are to supernatural fiction.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2023
It is apparent that they are revenants in a kind of afterlife, their only pleasure articles from old English magazines about fly fishing and cricket.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 23, 2018
It’s possible that even these revenants will vanish soon.
From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2017
So tonight we sat and told our tales: Olakunde of Oyo, Pomp of marshy cunning-men and revenants, and me of Greece and Rome.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
