Bacchant

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 [gcide]:

  Bacchant \Bac"chant\, a.
     Bacchanalian; fond of drunken revelry; wine-loving; reveling;
     carousing. --Byron.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bacchant
       n 1: someone who engages in drinking bouts [syn: {drunken reveler},
             {drunken reveller}, {bacchanal}]
       2: a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus [syn: {bacchanal}]
       3: (classical mythology) a priest or votary of Bacchus
       [also: {bacchantes} (pl)]