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