zingarohttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zingaro_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_useZingaro, n.
Revised 2020

Zingaronoun

  1. 1600–
    A member of the Romani people, a Gypsy; (in later use) esp. one from Italy. Cf. Zingara n., Zingani n. Now rare and sometimes considered offensive.
    1. 1600
      This iugling companion.., who himselfe hath many yeeres wandred vp and downe in foreine lands, like the Egyptians, or Cingari, and hath in his time plaied many tricks of legierdemayne.
      M. Sutcliffe, Briefe Replie to Libel ii. 55
    2. 1775
      Some of the vagrant people, called Atzincari or Zingari, the Gypsies of the East.
      R. Chandler, Travels in Asia Minor 159
    3. 1823
      I am a Zingaro, a Bohemian, an Egyptian, or whatever the Europeans..may chuse to call our people.
      W. Scott, Quentin Durward vol. II. vi. 123
    4. 1871
      The Zingari had built their fires.
      M. Collins, Marquis & Merchant vol. I. vii. 217
    5. 2011
      At this point in time [sc. 1956], very few Zingari were actually nomadic. In Italy, most lived permanently with their extended family on strips of land allocated by the local comune.
      Res: Anthropol. & Aesthetics No. 59–60. 299/2

Zingaro, n. was revised in September 2020.

Zingaro, n. was last modified in September 2024.