zincalohttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zincalo_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_useZincalo, n.
Revised 2020

Zincalonoun

Now historical and rare.
  1. 1841–
    A Spanish Romani person (esp. a man or boy). Often in plural. Cf. gitano n., Zincala n.
    1. 1841
      There was a time when the house of every Zincalo, however rich, was open to his brother, though he came to him naked.
      G. Borrow, Zincali vol. I. ii. i. 234
    2. 1868
      Before you dreamed You were a born Zincala—in the bonds Of the Zincali's faith.
      ‘G. Eliot’, Spanish Gypsy i. 137
    3. 1891
      Miss Kennedy now informed us that on her mother's side she is one of that race..known as the Zincali or Spanish Gipsies.
      Licensed Victuallers' Mirror 7 April 157
    4. 2011
      Eliot also read and likely took notes on a number of works on the Zincali, the Gypsies of Spain.
      Princeton University Library Chron. vol. 72 474

Zincalo, n. was revised in September 2020.

Zincalo, n. was last modified in September 2024.