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.

Bacchante \Bac"chante\, n.; L. pl. {Bacchantes}.
   1. A priestess of Bacchus.

   2. A female bacchanal.

Source : WordNet®

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)]