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Dictionary: bac·chant   (bə-kănt', -känt', băk'ənt) pronunciation
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n., pl., bac·chants, or bac·chan·tes (bə-kăn'tēz, -kän'-, -kănts', -känts').
  1. Greek & Roman Mythology. A priest or votary of Bacchus.
  2. A boisterous reveler.

[Latin bacchāns, bacchant-, present participle of bacchārī, to celebrate the festival of Bacchus, from Bacchus, Bacchus, from Greek Bakkhos.]

bacchantic bac·chan·tic (-kăn'tĭk) adj.

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The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: someone who engages in drinking bouts
  Synonyms: drunken reveler, drunken reveller, bacchanal

Meaning #2: a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus
  Synonym: bacchanal

Meaning #3: (Greek and Roman mythology) a priest or votary of Bacchus

 
 
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