α. 1800s– gipsologist, 1800s– gypsologist.
β. 1800s– gipsiologist, 1800s– gypsiologist, 1800s– gypsyologist.
gypsyologistn.
/ˌdʒɪpsɪˈɒlədʒɪst/, U.S. /ˌdʒɪpsiˈɑlədʒəst/ rare.
A person who studies the history, culture, etc., of the Romani people.
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sinologist1814
Indianist1817
sinologue1821
Americanist1852
Indianologist1859
gypsyologist1863
occidentalist1877
Africanist1880
Japanologist1881
Turcologist1881
tziganologue1884
Indologian1897
Persianist1903
Indologist1904
Tziganologist1909
Hispanist1934
Mayanist1950
Sovietologist1958
Tibetologist1964
1863 Chambers's Encycl. V. 172/1 The facile princeps of all Gypsologists is Professor Pott of Halle.
2014 Louth (Lincs.) Leader (Nexis) 2 Nov. A well known traveller who died in Louth in 1886, and whose burial place a gypsyologist had been trying to trace.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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