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Definition of Bayadère
1. n. A female dancer in the East Indies.
Definition of Bayadère
1. Noun. (countable dated) A female dancer ¹
2. Noun. A type of fabric having strongly contrasting stripes ¹
3. Noun. A Hindu dancing-girl. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bayadère
1. a dancing girl [n -S]
Medical Definition of Bayadère
1. A female dancer in the East Indies. Alternative forms: bajadere. Origin: F, from Pg. Bailadeira a female dancer, bailar to dance. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bayadère
Literary usage of Bayadère
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1822)
"... of vengeance be " Schill, brave Schill 1'' THE GOD AND THE BAYADERE. AN INDIAN
LEGEND. ... Bayadere."
2. The Edinburgh Annual Register by Sir Walter Scott, Walter Scott (1811)
"... Danced on the waves of Loch Achray ; And, as I hailed the charms of night,
Mine inward gleams were passing bright THE GENIUS AND THE BAYADERE. ..."
3. Readings in Folk-lore: Short Studies in the Mythology of America, Great by Hubert Marshall Skinner (1893)
"THE GOD AND THE BAYADERE. BY JOHANN WOLFGANG VOX GOETHE. ... A Bayadere, And this
house is love's abode." The cymbal she hastens to play for the dance, ..."
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