bayadere
Americannoun
noun
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a dancing girl, esp one serving in a Hindu temple
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a fabric or design with horizontal stripes, esp of a bright colour
adjective
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
Example Sentences
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It is the bayadere dance, for the glory of Brahma!
From Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians by Miller, Elizabeth
We also honored with our presence the bayadere communities, where only women dwell.
From Told by the Death's Head A Romantic Tale by J?kai, M?r
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 Whitman, Stephen French
But the bayadere waited no longer for the arousing of his faculties.
From Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians by Miller, Elizabeth
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 Jókai, Mór
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