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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bacchant \Bac"chant\, a. Bacchanalian; fond of drunken revelry; wine-loving; reveling; carousing. --Byron. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 2. A bacchanal; a reveler. --Croly. From WordNet r 1.6 [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: (Greek & Roman mythology) a priest or votary of Bacchus
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