gorjer

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Noun[edit]

gorjer (plural gorjers)

  1. (often italicized) A non-Romani person.
    • 2007, Robert Dawson, Times Gone: Gypsies and Travellers : Aspects of Romany History, Robert Dawson
      She rescued a friend from Gypsy highway robberies, returned stolen purses to gorjer friends and promised safe conduct to people passing through the area.
    • 2009, Sabine Nunius, Coping with Difference: New Approaches in the Contemporary British Novel (2000-2006), LIT Verlag Münster, →ISBN, page 233:
      Likewise, despite having lived in gorjer society for a substantial period of time, Clementina is anxious to observe Romany burial rites []

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