GIPSY

• GIPSY (noun)
  The noun GIPSY has 2 senses:

1. a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment
2. a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America)

  Familiarity information: GIPSY used as a noun is rare.

• GIPSY (noun)

Meaning:

A laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

gipsy; gypsy; itinerant

Context example:

itinerant traders

Hypernyms ("gipsy" is a kind of...):

jack; laborer; labourer; manual laborer (someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gipsy"):

swagger; swaggie; swagman (an itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of work)

tinker (formerly a person (traditionally a Gypsy) who traveled from place to place mending pots and kettles and other metal utensils as a way to earn a living)

Meaning:

A member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Bohemian; Rommany; Romany; Romani; Roma; Gypsy; Gipsy

Hypernyms ("Gipsy" is a kind of...):

Indian (a native or inhabitant of India)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Gipsy"):

gitana (a Spanish female Gypsy)

gitano (a Spanish male Gypsy)