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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Let us at all events remand the gipsy for four or five days, while we inquire into the rest.
From The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James
"I will do it myself, Pharold," replied the gipsy: "I will take one of those that have been over, to be sure of the place, and will see the man myself, if it be possible."
From The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James
"Ay, that is it, that is it," answered the gipsy.
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
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
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
He was at home in the Gipsy music of his own country, and this was the main characteristic of his playing.
From Memories of a Musical Life by William Mason
About the fires in the courtyard were dancing and singing and some romping; for there were women within the walls, and others had come in with the gipsies.
From The Abbess Of Vlaye by Stanley J. Weyman
To-day the children of the gipsies are, many of them, in the Notting Dale Board School and the fathers and mothers are in the lodging-houses.
From The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 161, May 1904 by Various
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
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 G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James
Carew and his companions were so much frightened, that they absconded, and joined a gang of gipsies, who happened to be in the neighborhood.
From Curiosities of Human Nature by Anonymous
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