Also means
person returning after a long absence
Usage Note
Revenant is the present participle of revenir (to come back) nominalised; it entered English as a loanword for a returning spirit. In everyday French it can also describe a person who reappears after a long absence, often said with irony: Tiens, un revenant! ('Look who's back!'). The feminine is revenante.
Examples
"On dit que le château est hanté par un revenant."
Natural Translation
They say the castle is haunted by a ghost.
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