Noah Webster
Gipsey
GIP'SEY, noun The Gipseys are a race of vagabonds which infest Europe, Africa and Asia, strolling about and subsisting mostly by theft, robbery and fortune-telling. The name is supposed to be corrupted from Egyptian, as they were thought to have come from Egypt. But their language indicates that they originated in Hindoostan.
1. A reproachful name for a dark complexion.
2. A name of slight reproach to a woman; sometimes implying artifice or cunning.
A slave I am to Clara's eyes:
The gipsey knows her power and flies.
GIP'SEY, noun The language of the gipseys.