bac·chan·te 
(bə-kăntē, -kän-, -kănt, -känt)
(bə-kăntē, -kän-, -kănt, -känt)n.
Greek & Roman Mythology
Greek & Roman Mythology
A priestess or female votary of Bacchus.
[French, from Latin bacchāns, bacchant-; see BACCHANT.]
- by far
- by fits and starts
- by-form
- bygone
- by half
- by halves
- by hand
- by heart
- by hook or by crook
- by/in virtue of
- by Jove
- bylaw
- by leaps and bounds
- byline
- by-line
- byliner
- by means of
- by-name
- by no means
- BYOB
- by one's bootstraps
- by oneself
- by (one's) (own) bootstraps
- by one's own bootstraps
- by (or in)fits and starts