1.  bacchant(n = noun.person) bacchanal, drunken reveler, drunken reveller - someone who engages in drinking bouts;
is a kind of drinker, imbiber, juicer, toper

2.  bacchant(n = noun.person) bacchanal - a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus;
is a kind of buff, devotee, fan, lover
Derived form adjective bacchantic₁

3.  bacchant(n = noun.person) - (classical mythology) a priest or votary of Bacchus;
is a kind of votary

1.  A priest of Bacchus. [1913 Webster]

2.  A bacchanal; a reveler. Croly. [1913 Webster]

   Bacchanalian; fond of drunken revelry; wine-loving; reveling; carousing. Byron. [1913 Webster]

bacchant, n. & adj.
--n. (pl. bacchants or bacchantes; fem. bacchante)
1 a priest, worshipper, or follower of Bacchus.
2 a drunken reveller.
--adj.
1 of or like Bacchus or his rites.
2 riotous, roistering.

Derivative:
bacchantic adj.

Etymology:
F bacchante f. L bacchari celebrate Bacchanal rites