= Applied to a dead person or corpse that ‘walks’ or returns to earth. Obsolete.

Esp. in parts of the Caribbean (esp. Haiti) and the southern United States: a soulless corpse said to have been revived by witchcraft.

In Nigeria: a child believed by the Igbo people to die repeatedly and be continually reincarnated and born to the same parents. Also: a reincarnated…