Bac"chant, a. Bacchanalian; fond of
drunken revelry; wine-loving; reveling; carousing. Byron.
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.
2. A bacchanal; a reveler. Croly.