Found 2 items, similar to bacchantes.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: bacchantes bacchantes See bacchant bacchant n 1: someone who engages in drinking bouts [syn: drunken reveler, drunken reveller, bacchanal] 2: a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus [syn: bacchanal] 3: (classical mythology) a priest or votary of Bacchus [also: bacchantes (pl)]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Bacchantes Bacchant \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. [1913 Webster] 2. A bacchanal; a reveler. --Croly. [1913 Webster] Bacchante \Bac"chante\, n.; L. pl. Bacchantes. 1. A priestess of Bacchus. [1913 Webster] 2. A female bacchanal. [1913 Webster]