n. [ F., from Pg. bailadeira a female dancer, bailar to dance. ] A female dancer in the East Indies. [ Written also bajadere. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ Ar. bayad. ] (Zool.) A large, edible, siluroid fish of the Nile, of two species (Bagrina bayad and Bagrina docmac). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. [ OF. bayard, baiart, bay horse; bai bay + -ard. See Bay, a., and -ard. ] Properly, a bay horse, but often any horse. Commonly in the phrase blind bayard, an old blind horse. [ 1913 Webster ]

Blind bayard moves the mill. Philips. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ Cf. F. bayeur, fr. bayer to gape. ] A stupid, clownish fellow. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Blind; stupid. [ Obs. ] “A formal and bayardly round of duties.” Goodman. [ 1913 Webster ]