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REVENANT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who has returned from the dead
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("revenant" is a kind of...):
ghost (the visible disembodied soul of a dead person)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A person who returns after a lengthy absence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("revenant" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coming back
Example:
a revenant ghost
Synonyms:
recurring; revenant
Classified under:
Similar:
continual (recurring regularly or frequently in a prolonged and closely spaced series)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or relating to or typical of a revenant
Example:
revenant shrieks and groans
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
revenant (someone who has returned from the dead)
