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A drunken reveller
Answer for the clue "A drunken reveller ", 8 letters:
bacchant
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Word definitions for bacchant in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bacchant \Bac"chant\, n.; pl. E. Bacchants , L. Bacchantes . [L. bacchans, -antis, p. pr. of bacchari to celebrate the festival of Bacchus.] A priest of Bacchus. A bacchanal; a reveler. --Croly.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n: someone who engages in drinking bouts [syn: drunken reveler , drunken reveller , bacchanal ] a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus [syn: bacchanal ] (classical mythology) a priest or votary of Bacchus [also: bacchantes (pl)]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. bacchanalian; fond of drunken revelry; wine-loving; reveling; carousing. n. 1 A priest of Bacchus. 2 A bacchanal; a reveler.
Usage examples of bacchant.
He tossed them into the air with the frenzied expression of a bacchant.