The Collaborative International Dictionary
                    Bacchants
                    
                        
                
                                                                    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.
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                    bacchants
                    
                        
                
                                                                    n. (plural of bacchant English)