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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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Mr Romanes said: "Rauour's detection skills really came to the fore that night. "His role as an air scenting search dog was more effective than a 20-strong team performing a line search on the ground.

From BBC • May 17, 2016

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

A Canadian-born biologist 40 years Darwin’s junior, Romanes also glorified the minds of dogs.

From Time • Apr. 13, 2014

The directors agreed to change the company's name to the Romanes Media Group in honour of the late Deirdre Romanes who led the company until her death in 2010.

From The Guardian • Jul. 3, 2012

As expounded by Wagner, Weismann, Romanes, Gulick, and others, isolation takes many forms—spatial, structural, habitudinal, and psychical—and it has various results.

From Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Park, Robert Ezra