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

One of Europe's biggest annual gatherings of Gypsies and travellers could become a ticketed event if proposals get the go ahead.

From BBC • Nov. 6, 2022

A bearded, burly man, Williams was a talented musician who wrote songs, sang and played a Fender Stratocaster guitar in bands, including the Crazy Texas Gypsies.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2022

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

As a 12-year-old boy in Europe in the early 1930s, he ran away with a band of Gypsies, lived with them on and off for 10 years, and, decades later, wrote this luminous memoir.

From New York Times • Mar. 12, 2020

Since we were Gypsies we belonged everywhere, so we came to the land of Poland.

From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli