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bacchante definition

bac·chante (bə kant′, -kant′ē)

noun

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

Etymology: Fr: see bacchant

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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