Gypsies

1. A nomadic people who originated in the region between India and Iran and who migrated to Europe in the fourteenth or fifteenth century. Most now live in Europe and the United States. Their language is called Romany. Thousands were murdered in the holocaust .

Notes

One who lives a footloose, carefree life is sometimes called a gypsy.

Example Sentences

“Theater people are vagabonds, wandering gypsies,” he writes.

From Los Angeles Times

Looking on were the usual suspects of Rio’s Carnival scene: revelers dressed as folkloric characters, jaguars, gypsies and ‘bate-bolas’ – exuberant clowns in identical, elaborate outfits who travel in packs.

From Seattle Times

The squads carried out mass killings targeting Jews, gypsies and others - primarily civilians - during the war in German-occupied Europe and were responsible for more than a million deaths.

From Reuters

In “The World Doesn’t End,” he wrote: “I was stolen by the gypsies. My parents stole me right back. / Then the gypsies stole me again. This went on for some time.”

From New York Times

It came after a whistle-blower said it had been using an "undesirable guests" list, excluding gypsies and travellers.

From BBC