'Bacchant' definitions:
Definition of 'bacchant'
From: WordNet
noun
noun
A drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus [syn: bacchant, bacchanal]
noun
(classical mythology) a priest or votary of Bacchus
Definition of 'Bacchant'
From: GCIDE
- Bacchant \Bac"chant\, a. Bacchanalian; fond of drunken revelry; wine-loving; reveling; carousing. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Bacchant'
From: GCIDE
- 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]