What is "bacchant"

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.

Bacchant \Bac"chant\, a. Bacchanalian; fond of drunken revelry; wine-loving; reveling; carousing.
--Byron.

a. bacchanalian; fond of drunken revelry; wine-loving; reveling; carousing. n. 1 A priest of Bacchus. 2 A bacchanal; a reveler.

1. n: someone who engages in drinking bouts [syn: drunken reveler, drunken reveller, bacchanal]

2. a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus [syn: bacchanal]

3. (classical mythology) a priest or votary of Bacchus

4. [also: bacchantes (pl)]