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bayaderes

bayaderes is the plural of bayadere.

Meaning of bayadere

Noun

bayadere (countable and uncountable, plural bayaderes)

  1. (countable, dated) A female dancer.
    • Her performance being finished, the bayadere was succeeded by others, each of whom appeared to have her specialty--one imitating by her postures a serpent-charmer; another quite unequivocally representing a man-charmer; another rapidly executing what seemed an interminable pirouette.1876, Various, Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. XVII, No. 99, March, 1876
    Synonyms:
    balladine
  2. (attributive) A type of fabric having strongly contrasting stripes.
    • Bertha had chosen a blue and white silk of a bayadere stripe, with lace ruffles at the neck and wrists and a skirt of voluminous fulness.1906, Carolyn Wells, Patty's Summer Days

Questions about bayaderes

What is bayaderes the plural of?
Bayaderes is the plural of bayadere.

Words near bayaderes in the dictionary

  1. Bayabas
  2. Bayabo
  3. bayadeer
  4. bayadeers
  5. bayadere
  6. bayaderes
  7. bayadère
  8. bayadères
  9. bayag-kambing
  10. Bayagoula
  11. Bayagoulas

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