bacchanalist

English

Noun

bacchanalist (plural bacchanalists)

1. (rare) One who takes part in a bacchanalia.
   • 1981, Yvonne Jack, Don't Push the Sister, page 165:

     I regret very deeply to admit that some of you people only damage the good name of this country with your loose tongues! No wonder most foreigners go away with the feeling that you people are just bacchanalists!

   • 2001, James F. Bloch, Sam Karres, Urban Expressionist, page 53:

     Here the viewer gets the rare opportunity to behold at rest the two central bacchanalists of Party Party.

   • 2001, Michael Salazar, Drop Zone, page 140:

     Darwin was one of the world's finest pilots and a master bacchanalist.