bacchant
noun
bac·chant bə-ˈkant 
-ˈkänt;
ˈba-kənt,
ˈbä- plural bacchants or bacchantes bə-ˈkants
-ˈkänts,
-ˈkan-tēz,
-ˈkän-tēz
: bacchanal
bacchant adjective
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The lesbians became the bacchants of Euripides, killing him in a festive manner. 
Andrew Martin, The New York Review of Books, 13 May 2020
Andrew Martin, The New York Review of Books, 13 May 2020 Word History
Etymology
Latin bacchant-, bacchans, from present participle of bacchari to take part in the orgies of Bacchus
First Known Use
1699, in the meaning defined above