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Gypsy

One of a vagabond race, whose tribes, coming originally from India, entered Europe in 14th or 15th centry, and are now scattered over Turkey, Russia, Hungary, Spain, England, etc., living by theft, fortune telling, horsejockeying, tinkering, etc. Cf. Bohemian, Romany.

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Actor 76% connected

One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

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Doer 76% connected

One who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent.

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Indian 76% connected

Of or pertaining to India proper; also to the East Indies, or, sometimes, to the West Indies.

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Jack 76% connected

A large tree, the Artocarpus integrifolia, common in the East Indies, closely allied to the breadfruit, from which it differs in having its leaves en…

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Laborer 76% connected

One who labors in a toilsome occupation; a person who does work that requires strength rather than skill, as distinguished from that of an artisan.

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Sanskrit 76% connected

The ancient language of the Hindoos, long since obsolete in vernacular use, but preserved to the present day as the literary and sacred dialect of In…

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Worker 76% connected

One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

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Swagger 76% connected

To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner.

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Tinker 76% connected

A mender of brass kettles, pans, and other metal ware.

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Bohemian 92% connected

Of or pertaining to Bohemia, or to the language of its ancient inhabitants or their descendants. See Bohemian, n., 2.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Gipsy 92% connected

See Gypsy.

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Itinerant 92% connected

Passing or traveling about a country; going or preaching on a circuit; wandering; not settled; as, an itinerant preacher; an itinerant peddler.

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Romany 92% connected

A gypsy.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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