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bacchant
[ bak-uhnt, buh-kant, -kahnt ]
/ ˈbæk ənt, bəˈkænt, -ˈkɑnt /
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noun, plural bac·chants, bac·chan·tes [buh-kan-teez, -kahn-]. /bəˈkæn tiz, -ˈkɑn-/.
a priest, priestess, or votary of Bacchus; bacchanal.
a drunken reveler.
adjective
inclined to revelry.
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Origin of bacchant
OTHER WORDS FROM bacchant
bac·chan·tic, adjectiveWords nearby bacchant
baccate, Bacchae, bacchanal, Bacchanalia, bacchanalian, bacchant, bacchante, Bacchic, bacchius, Bacchus, Bacchylides
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How to use bacchant in a sentence
He was in this, just as he was in everything else, a remnant of a past age; he had merely been transformed into a Bacchant!
The Title Market|Emily PostBut shall I be more like a Bacchant holding the thyrsus in my right hand, or in this?
The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I.|EuripidesScenes of bacchant excitement and of wildest abandonment may be witnessed here.
The History of Prostitution|William W. Sanger
British Dictionary definitions for bacchant
bacchant
/ (ˈbækənt) /
noun plural bacchants or bacchantes (bəˈkæntɪz)
a priest or votary of Bacchus
a drunken reveller
Word Origin for bacchant
C17: from Latin bacchāns, from bacchārī to celebrate the bacchanalia
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