bayadere

American  

[bahy-uh-deer, -der] / ˈbaɪ əˌdɪər, -ˌdɛr /

noun

1. a fabric with horizontal stripes of brilliant colors.

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bayadere British  

/ ˌbaɪəˈdɪə, -ˈdɛə /

noun

1. a dancing girl, esp one serving in a Hindu temple

2. a fabric or design with horizontal stripes, esp of a bright colour

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adjective

1. (of fabric, etc) having horizontal stripes

Etymology

Origin of bayadere

1855–60; < French: a professional female dancer of India < Portuguese bailadeira, feminine of bailador dancer ( baila ( r ) to dance ( see ball ²) + -dor < Latin -tor -tor ); apparently in reference to the fabrics worn by such dancers

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Example Sentences

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bayadere

Therefore the bayadere, with her spinning pas seul and buzzing romore, who appears to the eater of the figs, is the magic top in person, her form being taken from the fig. 

From Legends of Florence Collected from the People, First Series by Charles Godfrey Leland

In their childhood he had drawn for her amusement Spanish galleons, the domes of Mogul palaces, and a fantastic damsel, that he called a bayadere, languishing on a balcony.

From Sacrifice by Stephen French Whitman

With the bayadere following he raced through the cloyed musk of the temple toward the square of lesser darkness at the rear, which showed the exit into the court.

From Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians by Elizabeth Miller

He looked to catch a glimpse of Vasti, the bayadere, at his side.

From Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians by Elizabeth Miller

In every song, in every dance, Rebecca, Mukhtar Bey's beautiful Jewish damsel, and the blue-eyed bayadere Lizza, who was Sulaiman Bey's favorite, equally excelled.

From The Lion of Janina The Last Days of the Janissaries by Mór Jókai

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