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Meanings of gypsy in English

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 gypsy in English
      1
      The act opens in the gypsy camp in the suburbs of Presburg.
      The Standard Operas: Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Compose...
      2
      The gypsy wagons had all stopped in the middle of the road.
      The Motor Girls Through New England; or, Held by the Gypsies
      3
      One day some years ago, an old gypsy came to my house.
      Lid Off the Cauldron
      4
      She belonged to one of the principal gypsy families in this country.
      The Vicar's Daughter
      5
      He consulted a standdard work to learn more about the gypsy moth.
      The new yorker
      6
      The gypsy beheld the piece of folly which the goat had committed.
      Notre-Dame de Paris
      7
      The gypsy was still in the same place, as he had supposed.
      Notre-Dame de Paris
      8
      The gypsy swept his eye over the animal and shook his head.
      The Redemption of David Corson
      9
      But the most delightful thing in all Hungary is its gypsy music.
      Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume I / From San Francisco to...
      10
      The great, dark eyes of the gypsy looked out into the forest.
      The Motor Girls Through New England; or, Held by the Gypsies
      11
      The head of the gypsy bent lower and lower over her crocheting.
      The Redemption of David Corson
      12
      The gypsy's finger was pointed to a particular part of the sky.
      George Borrow and His Circle / Wherein May Be Found Many Hithert...
      13
      So advancing to the first dark man I greeted him in gypsy.
      The Gypsies
      14
      A gleam of intelligence shot across the ill-favoured face of the gypsy.
      Freaks on the Fells: Three Months' Rustication
      15
      It makes me think of the Far East, said the gypsy queen.
      The Motor Girls Through New England; or, Held by the Gypsies
      16
      He was the true Bohemian of his trade-thegypsy of early photography.
      A Busy Year at the Old Squire's
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      Translations for gypsy
      Spanish
      gitano
      Gypsy through the time
      Gypsy across language varieties
      United Kingdom
      Common
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