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Word: Bacchant
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 16th century: from French bacchante, from Latin bacchari ‘celebrate the feast of Bacchus’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈbakənt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a priest, priestess, or follower of Bacchus
Short Definition:priest, priestess, or follower of Bacchus
Examples:- the painting shows a bacchante carrying a child
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