Specter
Specter noun - The soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people.
Usage example: feeling so terrified that every shadow became a specter
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Zombie and specter are semantically related In some cases you can use "Zombie" instead a noun "Specter".
Zombie
Zombie noun - A god of voodoo cults of African origin worshipped especially in West Indies.
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- The novel closes with the specter saying that, one day, he might tell Shane where the rest of his undead-creating bullets are located and then he might become "a legend of another kind" so Shane himself might one day become a benevolent zombie.
Source: Dark Is Not Evil / Literature -
The intelligence-based Witch class is offered the appropriately intelligence-based "Raise Zombie", "Summon Skeleton" and "Raise Specter" skills as possible quest rewards.
Source: The Minion Master
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