[1] : 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.
      1913 webster

   2. a bacchanal; a reveler. --croly.
      1913 webster
see also:
bacchants bacchantes 

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

bacchante \bac"chante\, n.; l. pl. bacchantes.
   1. a priestess of bacchus.
      1913 webster

   2. a female bacchanal.
      1913 webster
see also:
bacchantes 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

bacchantes
     see bacchant
see also:
bacchant 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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
see also:
drunken reveler drunken reveller bacchanal bacchantes 

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