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revenant
rev·e·nant [ révvənənt ] (plural rev·e·nants)


noun 
Definition:
 
ghost: a dead person believed to have come back as a ghost ( formal )

[Early 19th century. < French< present participle of revenir "return" (see revenue)]
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