Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

   2. A bacchanal; a reveler. --Croly.