Gypsies

Cultural  

1. A nomadic people who originated in the region between India and Iran and who migrated to Europe in the fourteenth or fifteenth century. Most now live in Europe and the United States. Their language is called Romany. Thousands were murdered in the holocaust.

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One who lives a footloose, carefree life is sometimes called a gypsy.

Example Sentences

Appleby as in the annual Appleby Horse Fair, where thousands of Irish Travellers and Gypsies gather in northwest England for the rare pleasure of being not shunned by communities, but embraced.

From New York Times • Jul. 15, 2023

You can buy coffee and cake for about $7, or try one of the cocktails listed on brown paper menus: Whistling Gypsies, Hello Sailors.

From Washington Post • Feb. 17, 2022

“I try to pass them on to many people so they can really get to know us, because all they know is that there are Gypsies, but they don’t know anything about us.”

From Seattle Times • Oct. 14, 2021

Along with his band The Gypsies, Sunil wrote and performed songs with catchy tunes and clever lyrics, often about Sri Lankan life and politics.

From BBC • Sep. 5, 2021

These people included Communists; political leaders; Polish intellectuals; homosexuals; and itinerant people, whom the Nazis called Gypsies.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti