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Definition of Gipsies
1. gipsy [v] - See also: gipsy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gipsies
Literary usage of Gipsies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The emperor Joseph II., \\ho was also the author of one of the first edicts in
favour of the gipsies, and who abolished serfdom throughout the Empire, ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"A book-name for gipsies to have been popularly confused with the ... The Gipsy
mode of life or conduct; the act of consorting with or living like gipsies. ..."
3. Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the by P. L. Jacob (1876)
"First Appearance of gipsies in the West.—gipsies in Paris.—Manners and Customs
of these Wandering Tribes.—Tricks of Captain Charles. ..."
4. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"The Romani vocabulary reveals positively and negatively the route by which the
gipsies must have entered Europe, and the various ways by which they have ..."
5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1873)
"A. By the census of 1800 tho Roumanian gipsies are put down at 300000. They are
well-formed and long-lived. There are, however, many cripples from ..."
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