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Definition of: bacchant
(bak′ənt) noun plural bac·chants or bac·chan·tes (bə·kan′tēz)
A votary of Bacchus; hence, a carouser; bacchanal.
—adjective Given to drunkenness. [<L bacchans, -antis ppr. of bacchari celebrate the festival of Bacchus, carouse]
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