gypsy
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- noun
- /ˈdʒɪpsi/
- Slur
:
gitano [término ofensivo para los romaníes]
- She lived a carefree life, embracing her identity as a gypsy who traveled from town to town.
- gypsy cab
- gypsy girl
- gypsy life
Examples
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We'll take a gypsy cab there and tell him to wait while we go inside.
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Centuries of campfires glow in her gypsy eyes.
Fiction book (1995) -
Look, being a gypsy is no different than being anything.
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Bring out the gypsy in me
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Saved your life at the gypsy camp.
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What, are you going to ride a bus like a gypsy?
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Edward, go down and bring that gypsy up to my room.
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I bought those from a gypsy in Bukhara.
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A few gypsy girls dancing in the streets, that's all.
Fiction book (1997) -
Author: Fergus Hume. Hagar Stanley was a young gypsy who left her tribe to avoid an unwanted marriage.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
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A person from a group who traditionally travels and speaks the Romany language
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A person of Romani origin who lives in Spain
Antonyms
Compounds
- Offensive
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A taxi that is not official and picks up passengers from the street without a license
- NSFW
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A large moth from Europe whose caterpillar eats many tree leaves and can leave trees bare
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gypsy comes from an old word for Egyptian, because people once wrongly thought the Romani were 'from Egypt'. So gypsy came to mean someone who lives a roaming, free life, but this word can be offensive to some Romani people.