Bayadere Definition

bīə-dîr, -dâr

noun

A fabric with contrasting horizontal stripes.

American Heritage

A fabric or design with horizontal stripes, usually brightly colored.

Webster's New World

(countable, dated) A female dancer.

Wiktionary

A type of fabric having strongly contrasting stripes.

Wiktionary

adjective

Striped horizontally.

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Bayadere

Singular:

bayadere

Plural:

bayaderes, bayadres

French bayadère from Portuguese bailadeira dancer from bailar to dance from Late Latin ballāre ball²

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From French bayadère

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