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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Remember that if you tire of vampires, you can always turn to the literature of werewolves, demons and revenants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
The imagery conjures a supernatural patchwork of revenants and Superman.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2024
Opening with a substantial, critically astute introduction by Peter Bell, the volume collects for the first time Tynan’s scattered tales of revenants, curses and ancient mysteries.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 6, 2021
Kindred revenants have haunted Smith’s highly regarded novel “Hotel World” and her exhilarating hybrid of Gothic fiction and aesthetic theory, “Artful.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2014
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
