bayadere

1. (countable, dated) A female dancer.Examples: "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."; "For the time, at any rate, the neat dexterity of counting and numbering machines, building machines, spinning engines, patent doorways, explosive motors, grain and water elevators, slaughter-house machines and harvesting appliances, was more fascinating to Graham than any bayadere."; "The reflection of a greater thing claimed her and taught her, held her like a bayadere in a temple court."Synonyms: balladinecountabledated

2. (attributive) A type of fabric having strongly contrasting stripes.Examples: "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."attributivecountableuncountable