Definition of Nautch girl

1. Noun. A professional dancing girl in India.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Nautch Girl

nauseatic
nauseating
nauseatingly
nauseatingness
nauseation
nauseations
nauseative
nauseous
nauseously
nauseousness
nauseousnesses
nauseæ
naut mi
nautch
nautch dance
nautch girl (current term)
nautches
nauther
nautic
nautical
nautical chain
nautical linear unit
nautical mile
nautical miles
nautical signal flag
nautical twilight
nautically
nautics
nautiform
nautili

Literary usage of Nautch girl

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Wrongs of Indian Womanhood by Marcus B. Fuller (1900)
"VIII THE NAUTCH-GIRL THE institution of the nautch-girl is a very ancient one, coming down to Hindu society from very early times. ..."

2. Gilbert and Sullivan and Their Operas: With Recollections and Anecdotes of D by François Cellier, Cunningham Bridgeman (1914)
"... made a gallant attempt to find a piece that might carry on the traditions of his theatre; ultimately he accepted a new opera called "The nautch girl ..."

3. The English Illustrated Magazine (1907)
"It behoves us to consider the Hindu nautch-girl very candidly, very calmly, and absolutely without prejudice, if we would be in any real way intelligent ..."

4. Buddhist Legends by Buddhaghosa, Eugene Watson Burlingame (1921)
"Having so done, he entered his pleasure garden, sat down, like San tali the king's minister, and watched that nautch-girl dance and sing. ..."

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