[ˈdʒɪpsi], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a member of a people originating in South Asia and traditionally having an itinerant way of life, living widely dispersed across Europe and North and South America and speaking a language (Romani) that is related to Hindi; a Romani person

- a nomadic or free-spirited person
(e.g: why should she choose to wander the world with a penniless gypsy like me?)


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Origin:
mid 16th century: originally gipcyan, short for Egyptian (because Gypsies were popularly supposed to have come from Egypt)

[ˈdʒɪpsi], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- (of a business or worker) non-unionized or unlicensed
(e.g: gypsy trucking firms)


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Origin:
mid 16th century: originally gipcyan, short for Egyptian (because Gypsies were popularly supposed to have come from Egypt)