BACCHANT (bacchantes)

Pronunciation (US):

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Irregular inflected form: bacchantes   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does bacchant mean? 

• BACCHANT (noun)
  The noun BACCHANT has 3 senses:

1. someone who engages in drinking bouts

2. a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus

3. (classical mythology) a priest or votary of Bacchus

  Familiarity information: BACCHANT used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BACCHANT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who engages in drinking bouts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

bacchanal; bacchant; drunken reveler; drunken reveller

Hypernyms ("bacchant" is a kind of...):

drinker; imbiber; juicer; toper (a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

bacchanal; bacchant

Hypernyms ("bacchant" is a kind of...):

buff; devotee; fan; lover (an ardent follower and admirer)

Derivation:

bacchantic (of or relating to or resembling a bacchanalian reveler)

Sense 3

Meaning:

(classical mythology) a priest or votary of Bacchus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("bacchant" is a kind of...):

votary (a priest or priestess (or consecrated worshipper) in a non-Christian religion or cult)

Domain category:

Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)

Roman mythology (the mythology of the ancient Romans)