- a variation of gypsy.
gipsy
Americannoun
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gipsies
plural
noun
Sensitive Note
See gypsy.
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
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Gipsydomnoun
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Gipsyhoodnoun
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gipsydomnoun
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gipsyhoodnoun
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gipsyismnoun
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Gipsy-likeadjective
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Gipsyishadjective
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gipseianadjective
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gipsyesqueadjective
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gipsyishadjective
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gipsylikeadjective
Inflected Forms
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Vocabulary lists containing gipsy
Example Sentences
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She had on a red cloak and a black bonnet: or rather, a broad-brimmed gipsy hat, tied down with a striped handkerchief under her chin.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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I said this rather to myself than to the gipsy, whose strange talk, voice, manner, had by this time wrapped me in a kind of dream.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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"I know it is," answered the gipsy; "and it is truth, which twenty years cannot change as they have done you and me, hard man!"
From The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James
"And do you call it obstinate silence to refuse to answer either the subtle or the idle questions of his enemies?" demanded the gipsy.
From The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James
Manners endeavoured more than once to bring him back to the subject, but the gipsy pertinaciously avoided any approach to it.
From The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James
Gipsy James, a multi-brand women’s shop carries everything from Van Palma, the made-in-France hat label, to the popular Parisian line Vanessa Bruno.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 31, 2026
PC Fisher raced to the scene from Gipsy Hill police station, reaching speeds of more than 80mph, before his vehicle crashed on a bend, the court heard.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2023
The Phryges mascots are manufactured by French companies Gipsy Toys and Doudou et Compagnie.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 17, 2022
Mr. Simon Salubrious Dolittle, a character played by Richard Keeley in Gipsy Father, a two-act play performed at Covent Garden in 1831.
From Slate ● Jan. 19, 2020
Dr. Ewald died at Gipsy Hill, London, on August 9th, 1874, at the age of 73 years.
From Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by B.D.
Such open grassy spots may still be seen in England's narrow by-ways, and there gipsies make their camps.
From The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty by Mrs. G. Linnaeus Banks
They had already turned in their walk, and were now re-approaching the fire, round which the gipsies were gathered.
From The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James
Subsequently, when I was able to count them, there turned out to be only nine of them, including the landlord, who did not dance, and three gipsies who provided the music.
From Tales From J?kai by M?r J?kai
In this expectation, however, De Vaux was mistaken; for the gipsies and their accompaniments, men, women, and children, pots, kettles, and tents, had all disappeared.
From The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James
I am inclined, indeed, to believe," replied Colonel Manners, "that the gipsies are descendants from some Egyptian tribe, although the fact has been contested strongly, and the French call them Bohemians--unreasonably enough.
From The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James
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