1 a gentleman 19.
2 a king 19. etymology: been ‘fine, good, costly rich, gentle’ + Romany rai ‘a gentleman’; collected by Simson (1865) and; sense 1 attested by three of his informants; sense 2 attested by two of his informants
1 a gentleman 19. 2 a king 19. etymology: been ‘fine, good, costly rich, gentle’ + Romany rai ‘a gentleman’; collected by Simson (1865) and; sense 1 attested by three of his informants; sense 2 attested by two of his informants |