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Definition of "gadjo" []

  • Offensive Used as a disparaging term for one who is not Gypsy. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "gadjo" in a sentence
  • "Peerless; a gadjo pearl, the Tsingani had called Imriel de la Courcel."
  • "New York who was married to one and spoke Romanes herself (a rare accomplishment for a gadjo); she found the use of "Roma" by outsiders bizarre, and always spoke of "Gypsies" and said those she knew did the same in English."
  • "“There was such a boy, a gadjo pearl, with black hair and eyes like the deep sea."
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