单词 | romany rye |
释义 | Romany ryen. Now historical. A non-Romani person who takes an interest in Romani peoples.The title was applied as a self-designation by those studying Romani peoples in the 19th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > race > nomads > [noun] > Gipsies or Romanies > not > that associates with gypsies Romany rye1851 1851 G. Borrow Lavengro II. xxvi. 236 Here the Gypsy gemman see, With his Roman jib and his rome and dree—Rome and dree, rum and dry Rally round the Rommany Rye. 1929 K. Bercovici Story of Gypsies x. 231 What is most astounding..is the mention made of the natives of England of good families who were found in the company of these Gypsies... Who could they be, these gentlemen, these first Romany ryes? 1973 Cassell's Encycl. World Lit. (rev. ed.) I. 489/1 The Gypsy Lore Society in Liverpool, which was founded by the American Romany Rye Charles Godfrey Leland. 1993 A. C. Shields Gypsy Stereotypes Victorian Lit. (Ph.D. diss., N.Y. Univ.) iii. 165 The Romany ryes narrowed interest in the Gypsies to a romantic cult. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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