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Bacchant Buh Kant Kahnt Bak Uhnt Noun Plural Bacchantes Priest

Front bacchant \buh-KANT, -KAHNT, BAK-uhnt\
Back noun (plural bacchants or bacchantes)
1. A priest or votary of Bacchus.
2. A boisterous reveler.

[Latin bacchans, bacchant-,present participle of bacchari, to celebrate the festival of Bacchus, from Bacchus (the god of wine and of an orgiastic religion celebrating the power and fertility of nature, also called Dionysus) from Greek Bakkhos.]

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