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Romanes

British  
/ ˈrɒmənɪs /

noun

  1. Romany; the language of the Gypsies

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Romanes

from Romany

Example Sentences

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"The officers were provided with grander costumes supplied by Romanes and Paterson at the Scottish Tartan Warehouse in North Bridge."

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2022

A couple of hours into the operation, Rauour and his handler, John Romanes, were dispatched to search an area on Leithen Water.

From BBC ● May 17, 2016

The views of Lubbock and Romanes, however, fell out of favor for many years, replaced by behaviorism — a school of thought that would rule the field of psychology for much of the 20th century.

From Time ● Apr. 13, 2014

The Romanes family founded the Dunfermline Press group in 1859.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 3, 2012

Romanes, G. J., account of a sudden attack of illness,  326. —— letter to, on vivisection,  290.

From Charles Darwin: His Life in an Autobiographical Chapter, and in a Selected Series of His Published Letters by Charles Darwin

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