From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Bacchant \Bac"chant\, n.; pl. E. Bacchants, L. Bacchantes.
[L. bacchans, -antis, p. pr. of bacchari to celebrate the
festival of Bacchus.]
1. A priest of Bacchus.
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2. A bacchanal; a reveler. --Croly.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Bacchant \Bac"chant\, a.
Bacchanalian; fond of drunken revelry; wine-loving; reveling;
carousing. --Byron.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
bacchant
n 1: someone who engages in drinking bouts [syn: drunken
reveler, drunken reveller, bacchanal, bacchant]
2: a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus [syn: bacchant,
bacchanal]
3: (classical mythology) a priest or votary of Bacchus