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bacchante

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bac⋅chan⋅te

  [buh-kan-tee, -kahn-, buh-kant, -kahnt]
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–noun
a female bacchant.
Also called maenad, menad, Thyiad.

Origin:
1790–1800; back formation from L bacchantēs, fem. pl. of bacchāns bacchant; pron. with silent -e < F bacchante, fem. of bacchant bacchant
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bac·chan·te   (bə-kān'tē, -kän'-, -kānt', -känt')   
n.   Greek & Roman Mythology
A priestess or female votary of Bacchus.

[French, from Latin bacchāns, bacchant-; see bacchant.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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