REVENANT Meaning of REVENANT in English [ 'rɛv(ə)nənt ]■ noun a person who has returned, especially supposedly from the dead.OriginC19: Fr., lit. 'coming back', pres. participle (used asnoun) of revenir . Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004