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bac·chant (bak′ənt)

noun pl. bacchants bac′·chants or bacchantes bac·chan′·tes (bə kan′tēz, -kän′-)

  1. a priest or worshiper of Bacchus
  2. a drunken carouser

Etymology: < L bacchans, prp. of bacchari, to celebrate the feast of Bacchus

adjective

  1. worshiping Bacchus
  2. given to carousing

Related Forms:

  • bacchantic bac·chan′·tic (bə kant′ik) adjective

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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