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bacchant

Flag: gbEnglishOxford New American Dictionary
bacchant /bəˈkänt, , bəˈkɑnt , bəˈkant, bəˈkænt/
▸ noun
(plural bacchants or bacchantes /-ˈkäntēz/; feminine bacchante /-tē/)
a priest, priestess, or follower of Bacchus:
the painting shows a bacchante carrying a child.
– DERIVATIVES
bacchantic
– ORIGIN late 16th century : from French bacchante, from Latin bacchari ‘celebrate the feast of Bacchus’.
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