"bacchante" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bacchantes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bacchante (plural bacchantes)
  1. a priestess of Bacchus Translations (a priestess of Bacchus): bachantka [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-bacchante-en-noun-MiKwrz3w Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 93 7 Disambiguation of 'a priestess of Bacchus': 96 4
  2. a female bacchanal
    Sense id: en-bacchante-en-noun-~NY7pTRS
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: maenad, Bacchante Related terms: bacchant

Inflected forms

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