revenant

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

19th century. From French revenant, the present participle of revenir (“to return”). Compare revenue.

I may mention, in passing, that the deadly pallor attributed to that sort of revenants, is a mere melodramatic fiction. — Carmilla, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
The modern specter can be a joyous creature on occasion, as he can be, when he wishes, fearsome beyond the dreams of classic or Gothic revenant. — Humorous Ghost Stories, Dorothy Scarborough
"No," she answered, "there are no revenants here, the great people who lived here do not walk, they had such an active life with their hunting and fetes that they are content to rest quietly in their beds." — In Château Land, Anne Hollingsworth Wharton

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