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Gypsies

Variant of Gypsy

noun pl. Gypsies

  1. a member of a nomadic Caucasoid people with dark skin and black hair, found throughout the world and believed to have originated in India: they are conventionally known as metalworkers, musicians, fortunetellers, etc.
  2. Romany ()
  3. a person whose appearance or habits are like those of a Gypsy
  4. a dancer in the chorus of a musical show

adjective

  1. of, like, or characteristic of the Gypsies or their language or culture
  2. Informal unlicensed or nonunion: a gypsy plumber

intransitive verb gypsied, gypsying

Rare to wander or live like a Gypsy

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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