Romanes
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Romanes
from Romany
Example Sentences
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The Gypsies called their language Romanes, an adverb meaning “like a rom”.
From The Guardian • Jun. 8, 2018
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
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
In 1898 he delivered the Romanes Lectures, and his address was published under the title of Types of Scenery and their Influence on Literature.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various
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