bacchante

(bə kant, -kantē)

noun

  1. a priestess or woman votary of Bacchus
  2. a woman who carouses

Origin: Fr: see bacchant

See bacchante in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Greek & Roman Mythology
A priestess or female votary of Bacchus.

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , from Latin bacchāns, bacchant-; see bacchant

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