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Meanings of gipsy in English

Russian
de havilland gipsy
Spanish
forasuche
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1920S British piston aircraft engine.

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        de havilland gipsy
        Portuguese
        rom
        Catalan
        gitano
        Spanish
        gitano

        A member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America)

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            Usage of gipsy in English
            1
            There spoke the true gipsy; and they are mostly of that mind.
            A Shepherd's Life: Impressions of the South Wiltshire Downs
            2
            The camp had been saved by the intelligence of the gipsy soldier.
            Chatterbox, 1906
            3
            Bolitho studied his gipsy good looks, the reckless candour in his voice.
            Honour This Day
            4
            One remarkable feature in the gipsy character is their indifference about religion.
            Carmen
            5
            They found the gipsy boy very much recovered, and in good spirits.
            The Children of the New Forest
            6
            Sekeletu and I had each a little gipsy-tent in which to sleep.
            Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa
            7
            It was a capital rallying-point for a picnic or a gipsy tea-drinking.
            The Golden Calf
            8
            Possibly there was some gipsy blood in him that defied their nurture.
            Noughts and Crosses: Stories, Studies and Sketches
            9
            The gipsy student responded to the close of the period by crying:
            A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
            10
            With quick, long strides the gipsy proceeded straight across the wintry heath.
            The Junior Classics, Volume 5: Stories that never grow old
            11
            While the momentary struggle lasted, the gipsy woman closely scanned his face.
            Run to Earth: A Novel
            12
            They are armed with pitchforks, and the black gipsy is their general.'
            Brothers of Pity and Other Tales of Beasts and Men
            13
            I've got a dash of the gipsy in me, as you know.
            The Firm of Girdlestone
            14
            Will hurried us down there for a look at the gipsy girl.
            The Eye of Zeitoon
            15
            The gipsy rose too, and stood unshrinkingly before him, as she said:
            Run to Earth: A Novel
            16
            The tent was a mere gipsy hovel, like a sty for pigs.
            Across the Plains, with Other Memories and Essays
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            Translations for gipsy
            Portuguese
            romciganacigano
            Gipsy through the time
            Gipsy across language varieties
            United Kingdom
            Common