gipsy
noun
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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
"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 James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)
On their arrival at Dimden, the gipsy lad was sent for, and a few casual questions asked him by the peer, which he repelled by either obdurate silence or sullen monosyllables.
From The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)
At length the gipsy stopped at a gate, opened it, and bade his companion pass in.
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
Give me a barren mould, so I may meet with some shadowing of Alfred in the shape of a Gipsy, a huntsman or a shepherd.
From Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends by Keats, John
Harvey only replied by imprecations, and Pharold calmly proceeded to station four of the gipsies, who had guns, upon the top of the wall, to protect the retreat of the others.
From The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)
By this time, however, the sun was getting low; and Dick said he was sure enough the gipsies would not budge till they had tried for some of his deer.
From The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)
"And I, and I, and I!" cried all the gipsies.
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
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
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