Meaning of bacchante | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A priestess of Bacchus.
2. A female bacchanal.

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Examples

““… There was a man who always painted marble seats and another who did nothing but sheep. So a fellow I knew determined only to paint backs. Men's backs, women's backs, girls' backs and boys backs. […] his best known bacchante was described by a critic as all back and no ante, but his backs became famous. […]””

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