Definition of Rommany

1. Noun. A member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America).

Exact synonyms: Bohemian, Gipsy, Gypsy, Roma, Romani, Romany
Generic synonyms: Indian
Specialized synonyms: Gitana, Gitano

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rommany

Rome Beauty
Rome wasn't built in a day
Romelt process
Romeo
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet couple
Romeo and Juliet couples
Romeos
Romer's test
Romeward
Romex
Romic
Romish
Romist
Romists
Rommany
Rommel
Romney
RomneyCare
Romneya
Romneya coulteri
Romo
Romola
Romulan
Romulans
Romulus
Románico
Romæan
Romæans
Ron

Literary usage of Rommany

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Book of Friendship by Samuel McChord Crothers (1910)
"CT Winchester The rommany Rye and the Gypsy Lad *c* <^ T WANDERED along the heath, till I came to a -*- place where, beside a thick furze, sat a man, ..."

2. The Zincali: An Account of the Gypsies of Spain by George Henry Borrow (1901)
"The language, as they generally speak it, is a broken jargon, in which few of the grammatical peculiarities of the rommany are to be distinguished. ..."

3. The Moonlight Sonata: And Other Verses by Mary Anna Buck Evans (1910)
"... THE rommany RYE. OH, the voice of the wind is abroad in the world,— It sings out its secrets on high, And the voice of the hills echoes, answering back, ..."

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