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Definition of Bacchant
1. Noun. Someone who engages in drinking bouts.
Generic synonyms: Drinker, Imbiber, Juicer, Toper
2. Noun. A drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus.
3. Noun. (classical mythology) a priest or votary of Bacchus.
Definition of Bacchant
1. n. A priest of Bacchus.
2. a. Bacchanalian; fond of drunken revelry; wine-loving; reveling; carousing.
Definition of Bacchant
1. Noun. A priest of Bacchus. ¹
2. Noun. A bacchanal; a reveler. ¹
3. Adjective. Bacchanalian; fond of drunken revelry; wine-loving; reveling; carousing. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bacchant
1. a carouser [n -S or -ES] - See also: carouser
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bacchant
Literary usage of Bacchant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Paris: Including a Description of the Principal Edifices and Curiosities of by Louis-Sébastien Mercier (1817)
"A bacchant has the stride of a dragoon, an4 affects the manners of a man, speaks
abruptly to whomever she meets, and in an authoritative ..."
2. Goethe: A New Pantomime by Edward Vaughan Kenealy (1850)
"... lament, shape-haunted towers that crown The bacchant Rhine ; Lament, lament,
grey clouds that ..."
3. A Literary Source-book of the Italian Renaissance by Merrick Whitcomb (1898)
"That displeased the woman and she said to me: " Good heavens, let that bacchant
go, and stick to me ! You do not need to beg." For a week I went neither to ..."
4. A Literary Source-book of the German Renaissance by Merrick Whitcomb (1899)
"That displeased the woman and she said to me: " Good heavens, let that bacchant
go, and stick to me ! You do not need to beg." For a week I went neither to ..."
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