23 January 2018

revenant

[rev-uh-nuh nt]

noun

1. a person who returns.
2. a person who returns as a spirit after death; ghost.

Origin of revenant

1820-1830; < French: ghost, noun use of present participle of revenir to return, equivalent to re- re- + ven(ir) to come (< Latin venīre) + -ant -ant

Dictionary.com

Examples from the Web for revenant

Historical Examples

That is true, Monsieur; he has been often taken for a revenant.
The Room in the Dragon Volant
J. Sheridan LeFanu

It is by the strength of the revenant, by the return of his soul into his body?
The Phantom World
Augustin Calmet

You are now one of us; a revenant, even as I, and to live you must feed on the living.
Each Man Kills
Victoria Glad

Like that shadowy majesty of Denmark, our dramatic author was a ” revenant.”
Their Majesties’ Servants (Volume 3 of 3)
John Doran

But there is no doubt that the majority of us would prefer encountering a human rather than a four-footed ” revenant.”
Stranger Than Fiction
Mary L. Lewes

No one present, then no revenant or spook, or astral body, or hallucination: what’s in a name?
The Return
Walter de la Mare

“It might account for her seeing this revenant cavalier in any passenger,” said Lauzun, not satisfied yet.
A Reputed Changeling
Charlotte M. Yonge

Somehow, the idea of a revenant Beta curve didn’t make up for the basic loss.
Pagan Passions
Gordon Randall Garrett

Now, when she thought of him at all, it was as of some revenant of kindly countenance from a half-forgotten dream.
Linda Lee, Incorporated
Louis Joseph Vance

The Jena was a remarkably fine and fast vessel, and, as the revenant privateer, had formerly cruised long and very successfully.
The Life of Admiral Viscount Exmouth
Edward Osler

Anagram

near vent
raven ten
enter van

Today’s quote

When two elephants fight, only the grass is harmed.

– African proverb

On this day

23 January 1803 – death of Sir Arthur Guinness, Irish brewer and founder of the Guinness brewery. Born 24 September 1725.

23 January 1989 – death of Salvador Dali, Spanish surrealist painter. Born 11 May 1904.