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‖ gitano
(dʒɪˈtɑːnəʊ; in Sp. xiˈtano)
[Sp. repr. a popular Lat. type *ægyptānus Egyptian.]
A male (Spanish) gipsy. So giˈtana, a female gipsy.
1834W. H. Ainsworth Rookwood iii. i, Her father was a Spanish Gitano. 1845E. Fitzball Maritana ii. ii. 22 Hear me swear, too fair Gitana, This fond heart beats but for thee. 1876J. Grant One of the 600 I. iii. 42 Her thick wavy hair..her ever-sparkling eyes, were black as those of a Spanish gitano [sic] or a Welsh gipsy. |