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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
gipsy \gip"sy\ ji^p"sy^, n.  a.
   see gypsy.
   1913 webster
see also:
gypsy 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
gypsy \gyp"sy\ ji^p"sy^, n.; pl. gypsies
   ji^p"si^z. oe. gypcyan, f. 'egyptien egyptian,
   gypsy, l. aegyptius. see egyptian. also spelled gipsy
   and gypsey.
   1. one of a vagabond race, whose tribes, coming originally
      from india, entered europe in the 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.
      1913 webster

            like a right gypsy, hath, at fast and loose,
            beguiled me to the very heart of loss. --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. the language used by the gypsies.
      1913 webster

   3. a dark-complexioned person. --shak.
      1913 webster

   4. a cunning or crafty person. colloq. --prior.
      1913 webster
see also:
gypsies egyptian gipsy gypsey bohemian romany 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
gipsy
     n : a member of a nomadic people originating in northern india
         and now living on all continents syn: gypsy, romany,
          rommany, roma, bohemian
see also:
gypsy romany rommany roma bohemian 
[4] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
gipsy, mo
  zip codes: 63750


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