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batiste
(noun) a thin plain-weave cotton or linen fabric; used for shirts or dresses
Source: WordNet® 3.1
batiste (countable and uncountable, plural batistes)
A fine cloth made from cotton or linen; cambric.
• baitest, batties, beats it, bistate
Batiste (plural Batistes)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Batiste is the 5253rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6640 individuals. Batiste is most common among Black/African American (87.91%) individuals.
• baitest, batties, beats it, bistate
Source: Wiktionary
Ba*tiste", n. Etym: [F. batiste, from the name of the alleged first maker, Baptiste of Cambrai. Littré.]
Definition: Originally, cambric or lawn of fine linen; now applied also to cloth of similar texture made of cotton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 June 2025
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
“Coffee, the favorite drink of the civilized world.” – Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States