gypsy

Noun

gypsy (plural gypsies)

1. (pejorative) an itinerant person or any person or group with qualities traditionally ascribed to Roma, including suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft etc.
2. Gypsy, a member of the Roma. This term is considered pejorative by many and by the Roma themselves.
3. (Webster, pejorative, archaic) One of a vagabond race, whose tribes, traditionally thought to have originally from India, entered Europe in 14th or 15th century, and are now scattered over Turkey, Russia, Hungary, Spain, England, etc. living by theft, fortune telling, horsejockeying, tinkering, etc. Cf. Bohemian, Romany.

   Like a right "gypsy, hath, at fast and loose, Beguiled me to the very heart of loss. Shakespeare

Synonyms:

• Roma
• Sinti
• traveller
• vagrant

5 letters in word "gypsy": G P S Y Y.

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gyp gyps spy

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