gypsy vs vagrant

gypsy

adj
  • Of or having the qualities of an itinerant person or group with qualities traditionally ascribed to Romani people; making a living from dishonest practices or theft etc. 

noun
  • An itinerant person or any person, not necessarily Romani; a tinker, a traveller or a carny. 

  • A move in contra dancing in which two dancers walk in a circle around each other while maintaining eye contact (but not touching as in a swing). (Compare whole gyp, half gyp, and gypsy meltdown, in which this step precedes a swing.) 

  • A member of a Broadway musical chorus line. 

verb
  • To roam around the country like a gypsy. 

  • To perform the gypsy step in contra dancing. 

vagrant

adj
  • Of or pertaining to a vagabond or vagrant, or a person fond of wandering. 

  • Wandering from place to place, particularly when without any settled employment or habitation. 

  • Moving without a certain direction; roving, wandering; also, erratic, unsettled. 

noun
  • An animal, typically a bird, found outside its species' usual range. 

  • Vagrans egista, a widely distributed Asian butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. 

  • A person without settled employment or habitation who usually supports himself or herself by begging or some dishonest means; a tramp, a vagabond. 

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