- 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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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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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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A powerful emotion, which he could not resist, made the peer suddenly turn away, as the magistrate thus addressed the gipsy; and Pharold's dark keen eyes fixed sternly upon him.
From The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James
The space, however, was not yet large enough to give a passage to his shoulders, and the gipsy instantly applied himself again to loosen the neighbouring bar.
From The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James
Lord Dewry started up and rushed out; but it was in vain that every effort was made to find the gipsy living or dead.
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
Police want to hear from anyone who witnessed the crash, which happened between the junction of Gipsy Lane and the Griff Roundabout.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2024
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
I never shall get over thinking about that awful fire and that horrid old Gipsy woman.”
From The Meadow-Brook Girls Across Country The Young Pathfinders on a Summer Hike by Janet Aldridge
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 G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James
Soon after he was gone the young man called Will returned; and was questioned by several of the gipsies regarding the stranger who had intruded upon them at so late an hour.
From The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James
"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 G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James
On reaching the spot where scarcely six hours before he had restrained the enthusiastic ardour of his troops, he was much surprised to find a band of gipsies apparently searching for something on the ground.
From 'Midst the Wild Carpathians by M?r J?kai
"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 G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James
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