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gipsy

American  
[jip-see] / ˈdʒɪp si /
Or Gipsy

noun

gipsies plural
  1. Chiefly British, Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive. gypsy.


Gipsy British  
/ ˈdʒɪpsɪ /

noun

  1. (sometimes not capital) a variant spelling of Gypsy

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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See gypsy.

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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

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

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 James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)

"Ay, that is it, that is it," answered the gipsy.

From The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)

Who is he?" exclaimed the gipsy, "who should he be, but William Lord Dewry.

From The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)

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

The Phryges mascots are manufactured by French companies Gipsy Toys and Doudou et Compagnie.

From Seattle Times Nov. 17, 2022

When we got a bit older I took advantage of the 417 bus, which went from my house in Gipsy Hill to his in Clapham Common.

From BBC Apr. 9, 2020

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

Yetholm, on the borders of Northumberland, situated among the recesses of the Cheviots, has ever been the headquarters of the Gipsy tribes.

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various

"Yes, yes, listen to him," cried another of the gipsies.

From The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)

If you are to lose the titles and estates of your father on any pretext, let the gipsies send their information to the person who is to benefit by your loss.

From The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)

This Rakoczy March, full of passion, temperament, sorrow, and pain, soon became popular among the music loving gipsies as well as among the Hungarian people.

From Franz Liszt by Huneker, James

What have we to do with gipsies, Edward? and how could gipsies know any thing about you and me, unless they were instructed by somebody else?

From The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)

As to the other name, Egyptians, this is derived from a peculiar tale which the gipsies spread when appearing in the west of Europe.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various

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