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chal

/tʃæl/

Meanings
noun
A male gypsy.

Examples :

"The chal told his family stories of his travels. "
person race culture family

Related Words

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told verb

/tɔʊld/ /toʊld/

(archaic outside of idioms) To count, reckon, or enumerate.

"All told, there were over a dozen.  Can you tell time on a clock?  He had untold wealth."

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his pronoun

/ˈhɪz/ /ˈhɘz/

Honorific alternative letter-case form of his, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.

"The school principal, a respected figure, announced that his decision was final. "

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of preposition

/ɔv/ /ɒv/ /ə/ /ʌv/

Expressing distance or motion.

"The school is located five miles of the town center. "

Illustration travels

travels noun

/ˈtɹævəlz/

The act of traveling; passage from place to place.

"space travel"

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the adverb

/ði/ /ˈðiː/

With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

"It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it."

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family noun

/ˈfɛm(ɘ)li/ /ˈfæm(ɪ)li/ /ˈfæm(ə)li/

A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; for example, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family.

"Our family lives in town."

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a noun

/æɪ/ /eɪ/ /ə/ /ɔ/

The name of the Latin script letter A/a.

"My teacher wrote the letter "a" on the board to demonstrate its shape. "

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male noun

/meɪl/

One of the male (masculine) sex or gender.

"My brother is a male. "

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gypsy noun

/ˈd͡ʒɪp.si/

(sometimes offensive) A member of the Romani people, or one of the sub-groups (Roma, Sinti, Romanichal, etc).

"My friend, a Gypsy, shared stories of their family's travels. "

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stories noun

/ˈstɔːriz/ /ˈstoʊriz/

A building; an edifice.

"The new apartment building has twenty stories. "