bacchant

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

bacchant
    n 1: someone who engages in drinking bouts [syn: {drunken
         reveler}, {drunken reveller}, {bacchanal}, {bacchant}]
    2: a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus [syn: {bacchant},
       {bacchanal}]
    3: (classical mythology) a priest or votary of Bacchus

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bacchant \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.
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   2. A bacchanal; a reveler. --Croly.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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