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‖ Zigeuner|tsɪˈgɔɪnə(r)|
fem. -erin, pl. -erinnen.
[Ger., cogn. with Zingano, Zingaro.]
A gypsy. Ziˌgeunerbaˈron, a gypsy baron (in allusion to the operetta Der Zigeunerbaron (1885) by Johann Strauss).
[1841G. Borrow Zincali I. i. 2 They are styled in Russia, Zigáni; in Turkey and Persia, Zingarri; and in Germany, Zigeuner.] 1845Thackeray Leg. Rhine x, in G. Cruikshank's Table-Bk. I. 198 Here should come the gleemen and jongleurs,..the dark-eyed nut-brown Zigeunerinnen. 1963Times 12 Jan. 9/7 He was a violinist, a travelling musician. His coat had a black fur collar; he looked somewhat like a refined Zigeunerbaron. 1964Listener 25 June 1043/3 His [sc. Bartók's] passion for the true Hungary and its folk-music as opposed to the Zigeunerbaron travesties. 1970N. Freeling Kitchen Bk. xix. 184 There were no musicians, though I recognized Philippa's zigeuner guitarist. |