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zombie
OXFORD DICTIONARY
zombie, n.
1 colloq. a dull or apathetic person.
2 a corpse said to be revived by witchcraft.
1 colloq. a dull or apathetic person.
2 a corpse said to be revived by witchcraft.
Etymology
W.Afr. zumbi fetish
THESAURUS
zombie
Masan, apparition, appearance, astral, astral spirit, banshee, boob, case, character, chump, clod, control, departed spirit, disembodied spirit, dolt, duck, dullard, duppy, dybbuk, eidolon, form, ghost, goon, grateful dead, guide, hant, haunt, idolum, immateriality, incorporeal, incorporeal being, incorporeity, larva, lemures, manes, materialization, moron, nitwit, oaf, oddball, oddity, oni, original, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, poltergeist, presence, quiz, revenant, shade, shadow, shape, shrouded spirit, specter, spectral ghost, spirit, spook, sprite, theophany, unsubstantiality, vision, walking dead man, wandering soul, wraithFor further exploring for "zombie" in Webster Dictionary Online