2. Noun. (plural of gypsy) ¹
3. Noun. (plural of gypsie) ¹
4. Noun. (Cockney rhyming slang vulgar) Shortened form of gypsies kiss rhyming with piss. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gypsies
1. gypsy [v] - See also: gypsy
Medical Definition of Gypsies
1. Ethnic group coming originally from india and entering europe in the 14th or 15th century. Many still maintain somewhat their itinerant life and tribal organization. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gypsies
Literary usage of Gypsies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of the Spanish Library and of the Portuguese Books Bequeathed by by George Ticknor, James Lyman Whitney (1879)
"Sm 8° D.232.19 In the general collection of the Boston Public library are the
following works on the gypsies : — — Ascoli, ..."
2. Destroying Ethnic Identity by Ted Zang (1991)
"The government was not interested in die rights of gypsies. gypsies and ...
The Turks were given food coupons and gypsies were not. 1 know Muslim gypsies ..."
3. The American Cyclopædia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1874)
"The sovereigns of Germany made efforts to reclaim and •vide the gypsies.
Maria Theresa in 1768 or- Otre<l that the numerous bands throughout her O'minions ..."
4. Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society by Gypsy Lore Society (1889)
"V.—THE ORIGIN OF THE gypsies. ACTING upon a suggestion made by our fellow-member,
Captain EC Temple, who is at present on duty in Upper Bui-ma, ..."
5. Turkey by Edson Lyman Clark, Wilfred C. Lay (1898)
"CHAPTER 3L THE gypsies.1 OF the seven or eight hundred thousand gypsies supposed
to be living at the present time in Europe, more than half, probably, ..."
6. Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature by John McClintock, James Strong (1883)
"Wo owe to the once-prevalent belief that they were from Egypt the origin of the
English term gypsies and the Spanish Gitanos. ..."
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