What is the meaning of Gypsy?

noun

  • A laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment.
    • usage: "itinerant traders"
  • A member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America.
  • The Indic language of the Gypsies.
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