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Definition of Bazaar

1. Noun. A shop where a variety of goods are sold.

2. Noun. A street of small shops (especially in Orient).

3. Noun. A sale of miscellany; often for charity. "The church bazaar"

Definition of Bazaar

1. n. In the East, an exchange, marketplace, or assemblage of shops where goods are exposed for sale.

Definition of Bazaar

1. Noun. A marketplace, particularly in the Middle East, and often covered, with shops and stalls. ¹

2. Noun. A shop selling articles that are either exotic or eclectic. ¹

3. Noun. A fair or temporary market, often for charity. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bazaar

1. a marketplace [n -S] - See also: marketplace

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bazaar

bayonetting bayonettings bayou bayous bayplan bayplans bays bayside bayt bayted

bayting bayts baywood baywoods baza bazaar (current term) bazaarlike bazaars bazar bazars

bazas bazazz bazazzes baze bazhenovite bazillion bazillionaire bazillionaires bazillions bazinga

Literary usage of Bazaar

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

1. London by Charles Knight (1851)
"Nothing can be plainer or more simple than the exterior of this bazaar, but it has all the ... The Pantheon bazaar is a place of more show and pretensions. ..."

2. Turkistan: Notes of a Journey in Russian Turkistan, Khokand, Bukhara, and Kuldja by Eugene Schuyler (1876)
"All of these trades are to be seen in full working in the bazaar, and it is the bazaar of Tashkent that we must now visit. As we pass along the great street ..."

3. Russian Central Asia: Including Kuldja, Bokhara, Khiva and Merv by Henry Lansdell (1885)
"ON the morning of our third day in Khiva we were taken by the Consul to the sights of the town, and first to the bazaar, the one they seemed proudest of ..."

4. The Merv Oasis: Travels and Adventures East of the Caspian During the Years by Edmund O'Donovan (1883)
"On each bazaar day the annoyance which I underwent from inquisitive visitors was quadrupled, and from the earliest dawn my ev was filled with unbidden ..."

5. History of the Anti-corn-law league by Archibald Prentice (1853)
"THE bazaar. A meeting of the Manchester Ladies' Committee, for forwarding the preparations for the bazaar about to be held in Covent Garden Theatre, ..."

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