bayadeer

Variant of bayadere

bayadere definition

ba·ya·dere or bayadeer ba′·ya·deer′ (bä′yə dir′)

noun

a fabric or design with horizontal stripes, usually brightly colored

Etymology: Fr bayadère, Hindu dancing girl < Port bailadeira, dancer < bailar, dance < LL ballare: see ball

adjective

striped horizontally

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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