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A devotee of Bacchus
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bacchant
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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)]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bacchant \Bac"chant\, a. Bacchanalian; fond of drunken revelry; wine-loving; reveling; carousing. --Byron.
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.