Bayaderes

/ˌbaɪəˈdɛrz/ noun

Plural of bayadere; professional dancing girls of India and the East Indies.

Plural form of bayadere, from French 'bayadère' via Portuguese 'bailadora'. Common in European colonial accounts and artistic representations from the 1600s-1900s.

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