gipsy
noun
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gipsy
American
[jip-see]
/ ˈdʒɪp si /
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Gipsy
noun
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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
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Vocabulary lists containing gipsy
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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
But how came you, Colonel Manners," she added, with a smile, "how came you in such deep consultation with a gipsy at this hour of the morning?
From The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James
"But, my lord'. but, my lord!" exclaimed Mr. Arden, "here is an accusation made formally against your brother, also, of the same crime with which the gipsy was charged."
From The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James
She and Mrs. Garden kneel down before the gipsy child, and a dozen others gather round.
From Mushroom Town by Oliver Onions
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
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
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
Here Prissy waited, like the Scholar Gipsy, for the light from heaven to fall; but, alas, the light refused to come to time.
From The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
Theirs is an older and purer dialect than that of the English gipsies, and only some of the root-words are alike.
From Chronicles of Martin Hewitt by Arthur Morrison
They could be caught like a train by somebody else; but except among gipsies, who were practically extinct, the sport of catching children was nowadays unknown.
From Poor Relations by Compton MacKenzie
He gave but one moment to tenderness, however; and the next, turning to the rest of the gipsies, he inquired, "What news of the boy?"
From The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James
"Are you going, then, to the gipsies in search of Edward?" exclaimed Miss Falkland, in evident astonishment.
From The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James
Having remained with the gipsies for some time, he left them, and proceeded on a voyage to Newfoundland.
From Curiosities of Human Nature by Anonymous
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