The Open Dictionary

revenant

noun

UK/ˈrev.ᵊn.ənt/
US/ˈrev.ᵊn.ənt/

Definitions of revenant noun

  1. Countable

    A person who returns, especially one who returns from the dead.

    • The soldier returned to his unit like a revenant after being declared dead.

    • Many folk tales describe figures who die and return to life as revenants.

    • He was considered a revenant because he had been in a fatal accident and yet miraculously survived.