gipsy

> gipsy and gypsy
gipsy and gypsy are both acceptable spellings, as in "gipsies/gypsies travelling through the country in their caravans". Some people object to the word gipsy or gypsy, preferring the word traveller, as in "councils being asked to build sites for travellers". The term traveller is used to apply to a wider range of people who travel the country, as in "New Age travellers", and not just to gipsies, who are Romany in origin.