The meaning of Gipsies

noun

A romani man or boy; a male gypsy.

Usage examples:

We had never met before, but we were tachino romany chals, and that was enough.

noun

Variant spelling of chawl.

noun

(in south asia) a large building divided into many separate tenements, offering cheap, basic accommodation to labourers.

noun

A romani woman or girl from spain; a female spanish gypsy.

Usage examples:

Don diego knew by a glance at the dress and manner of the stranger, that she was a gitana.

noun

A romani man or boy from spain; a male spanish gypsy.

Usage examples:

The gitano gave me a good lunch, of which i ate and drank sparingly.

noun

A romani person; a gypsy.

noun

A person who moves from one place to another, especially in order to find work or better living conditions.

Usage examples:

To prevent this happening 12 member countries have put a block on migrants moving there until up to…

adjective

Tending to migrate or having migrated.

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Migrant birds

noun

A person who travels to another place or country, usually in order to find work

Usage examples:

The cities are full of migrants looking for work., the pay is enough to attract migrants but unappe…

noun

A member of a people that travels from place to place to find fresh pasture for its animals and has no permanent home.

Usage examples:

The withering of their grasslands forced the nomads of the sahara to descend into the nile valley

noun

A member of a group of people who move from one place to another, rather than living in one place all of the time

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Nomadic people

noun

A traveller or romani person.

noun

An extremely offensive word for a gypsy

noun

Someone who likes to move around and travel, especially without a clear idea of what they want to do

Usage examples:

He's a bit of a roamer, so he could be anywhere in the country., roamers move abroad with just a co…

abbreviation

Roman (used as an instruction for a typesetter).

noun

A member of the roma people; a romani person.

Usage examples:

The young married person becomes a rom or a romni.

abbreviation

Read-only memory.

noun

People of a race originally from northern india who typically used to travel from place to place, and now live especially in europe and north america

noun

A person who spends their time wandering.

Usage examples:

They became rovers who departed further and further from civilization

noun

A pirate.

noun

A person or machine that makes roves of fibre.

noun

(especially in former times) a person who makes a living by travelling from place to place mending pans and other metal utensils.

Usage examples:

The tinkers live by mending pots and pans, telling fortunes and selling horses and ponies at the va…

verb

Attempt to repair or improve something in a casual or desultory way.

Usage examples:

He spent hours tinkering with the car

verb

To make small changes in something, because you hope to improve or fix it

Usage examples:

Chuck tinkers with the car’s engine all the time.

noun

A person who is travelling or who often travels.

Usage examples:

Thousands of air travellers were left stranded

noun

A person who travels often, or who is travelling

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Air/rail travellers, business/independent/leisure travellers, business travellers make up just 20% …

noun

A romani person from central or eastern europe, particularly hungary; a hungarian gypsy.

Usage examples:

‘it does sound a bit tzigane,’ he concedes. ‘you don't know whether it's happy or unhappy.’

noun

A person who travels aimlessly; a traveller.

Usage examples:

He is a longtime seaman, a rootless wanderer

noun

A person who travels on foot.

Usage examples:

After travel, the wayfarer's home is not the same anymore.

noun

Someone who travels on foot

noun

A romani person, particularly one from italy; an italian gypsy.