(often Gypsy) a member of the Romany people, a largely nomadic people who migrated from India to Europe in about the ninth cent. and retain an itinerant lifestyle in modern societies
the Romany language, which is related to Hindi
somebody with an unconventional or nomadic way of life
by shortening and alteration from Egyptian2. When gypsies first came to Europe they claimed to be from a country called ‘Little Egypt’