Definition of Gitano

1. Noun. A Spanish male Gypsy.

Generic synonyms: Bohemian, Gipsy, Gypsy, Roma, Romani, Romany, Rommany

Definition of Gitano

1. a Spanish gypsy [n -NOS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gitano

gismondines
gismondite
gismos
gisms
gismu
gissa
gist
gisting
gists
git
git-go
git along
gitalin
gitana
gitanas
gitano (current term)
gitanos
gitch
gite
gites
gith
githagism
gitoformate
gitogenin
gitonin
gitoxigenin
gitoxin
gits
gitted
gitter cell

Literary usage of Gitano

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Zincali: Or, An Account of the Gypsies of Spain. With an Original by George Henry Borrow (1843)
"It is least of all preserved in Seville, notwithstanding that the gitano population is very considerable, consisting, however, almost entirely of natives of ..."

2. The Zincali: An Account of the Gypsies of Spain by George Henry Borrow (1901)
"To all have been affixed translations, more or less literal, to assist those who may wish to form some acquaintance with the gitano language. ..."

3. Glossary of Terms and Phrases by Henry Percy Smith (1883)
"... the Sp. gitano, seem to be cognate forms.] A vagrant people, called by the French Bohemians, who appeared in Western Europe early in the fifteenth ..."

4. The Bible in Spain: Or, The Journeys, Adventures, and Imprisonments of an by George Henry Borrow (1845)
"... of Madrid—The Higher Orders—The Lower Classes—The Bull Fighter—The Crabbed gitano. IT was the commencement of February when I reached Madrid. ..."

5. The Bible in Spain: Or, The Journeys, Adventures, and Imprisonments of an by George Henry Borrow, Ulick Ralph Burke (1907)
"... of Madrid—The Higher Orders —The Lower Classes —The Bull-fighter — The Crabbed gitano. IT was the commencement of February, 1837, when I reached Madrid. ..."

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