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bacchante



bac·chante [ bə-ˈkant]



bacchante   
noun
[bə-ˈkant]

Definition of bacchante

: a priestess or female follower of Bacchus



First Known Use of bacchante

1579, in the meaning defined above



History and Etymology for bacchante

French, from Latin bacchant-, bacchans



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