Definition of Revenant
an individual who has returned from a lengthy absence or a grave
Examples of Revenant in a sentence
Since Mary assumed her husband had died in the war, she was joyous when he returned home as a long-lost revenant.
The superhero is a revenant who left his grave to seek vengeance against those people who killed him.
My father, who disappeared from my life for seven years, is a good example of a revenant.
When the revenant climbed out of the grave, he surprised everyone at his funeral.
Since my cat disappears for weeks at a time, he is our resident revenant.
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