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Gypsy

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Noun

1. gipsy, gypsy, itinerant

a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment

Example Sentences:
'itinerant traders'

2. bohemian, gipsy, gypsy, roma, romani, romany, rommany

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)

3. gypsy, romany

the Indic language of the Gypsies

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Gypsy

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noun plural -sies (sometimes not capital)
1. 
a. 
a member of a people scattered throughout Europe and North America, who maintain a nomadic way of life in industrialized societies. They migrated from NW India from about the 9th century onwards
b. 
(as modifier)
a Gypsy fortune-teller
2. 
the language of the Gypsies; Romany
3. 
a person who looks or behaves like a Gypsy

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Gypsy

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nounWord forms: plural ˈGypsies
1.  [also g-]
a member of a nomadic Caucasoid people with dark skin and black hair, found throughout the world and believed to have originated in India: they are conventionally known as metalworkers, musicians, fortunetellers, etc.
2. 
Romany (sense 2)
3.  [g-]
a person whose appearance or habits are like those of a Gypsy
4.  [g-]
a dancer in the chorus of a musical show
adjective
5.  [also g-]
of, like, or characteristic of the Gypsies or their language or culture
6.  [g-]; Informal
unlicensed or nonunion
a gypsy plumber
verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈgypsied or ˈgypsying
7.  [g-]; Rare
to wander or live like a Gypsy

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Gypsy

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n. pl. Gyp·sies also Gip·sies
1. Often Offensive
a. See Romani.
b. The Romani language.
2. A member of any of various traditionally itinerant groups unrelated to the Romani.
3. gypsy One who follows an itinerant or otherwise unconventional career or way of life, especially:
a. A part-time or temporary member of a college faculty.
b. A member of the chorus line in a theater production.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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