gipsy
noun
gipsy
American
[jip-see]
/ ˈdʒɪp si /
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Gipsy
noun
gipsies
plural
Gipsy
British
/ ˈdʒɪpsɪ /
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
Nouns
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
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
"It is impossible that he can do so," answered Manners, whose confidence in British justice was much stronger than that of the gipsy.
From The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)
"I will tell you why, I will tell you why," answered the gipsy.
From The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)
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)
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
This weekend, he will open for the Gipsy Kings at the Hollywood Bowl.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2022
The couple live in Gipsy Hill, close to Crystal Palace, and commute into Central London, but many of the services they used before the pandemic have been cut.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2022
All that is known, moreover, of the Gipsy language, and all that rests on reliable texts, is quite modern, scarcely earlier than the middle of the 19th century.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various
One after another, till the turn came to Pharold, the several gipsies poured forth their acquisitions into this general fund.
From The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)
A tradition of the Maclellans of Bombie says that the crest of the family was assumed on the slaying of the chief of a band of saracens or gipsies from Ireland.
From Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers by Various
"No, no," answered Manners: "I did not mean to imply that," and spurring on his horse, he rode forward more than ever determined to address his first inquiries to the gipsies.
From The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)
Sigismund’s safe conducts are said to have been given not as Emperor, but as King of Hungary, and some of the gipsies were early employed as ironworkers in the realm of St. Stephen.
From Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers by Various
"Why, Harvey," said the peer, with a complacent smile, "you do not seem fond of these gipsies, I think."
From The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)
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