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hex hex
hex witchcraft or one who works it. The word is of German origin, and beliefs connected with it spread from Europe to the United States, especially to the Pennsylvania Dutch country. The hex can be worked by either sex, but more commonly by a man, usually an amateur or professional hex "doctor." ... Read more
Rom Rom
Rom ETHNONYMS: Gypsy, or subgroup appellations: Kalderash, Machwaya Orientation Identification. The Rom speaking a Vlach (Vlax) Gypsy dialect have representatives over most of the world including the United States, Canada, Mexico, and much of Central and South America. Rom means "human... Read more
Gypsies Gypsies
Gypsies or Gipsies [from Egypt, because of an inaccurate idea that Gypsies came from a so-called Little Egypt], a traditionally nomadic people with particular folkways and a unique language, found on every continent; they often refer to themselves as Roma. Their language, called Romany ,... Read more
gypsy moth gypsy moth
gypsy moth common name for a moth, Lymantria dispar, of the tussock moth family, native to Europe and Asia. Its caterpillars, or larvae, defoliate deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs. Introduced from Europe into Massachusetts c.1869, the European gypsy moth became a serious pest within 20... Read more
Joe Zawinul Joe Zawinul
Joe Zawinul Austrian-born jazz keyboardist Joe Zawinul (1932-2007) helped create the rock-influenced modern jazz style known as fusion, and he is generally credited with introducing the electric piano and the synthesizer to the jazz genre. The Daily Telegraph of London called Zawinul “the... Read more
Django Reinhardt Django Reinhardt
Django Reinhardt (Jean Baptiste Reinhardt), 1910-53, Belgian-born Gypsy jazz guitarist. Reinhardt began playing the guitar professionally at 12. He was severely burned in a fire in 1928, leaving two fingers of his left hand useless, but adapted his guitar style to the disability. Reinhardt, who had... Read more
Matthew Arnold Matthew Arnold
Matthew Arnold 1822-88, English poet and critic, son of the educator Dr. Thomas Arnold . Arnold was educated at Rugby; graduated from Balliol College, Oxford in 1844; and was a fellow of Oriel College, Oxford in 1845. In 1851, after a period as secretary to the 3d marquess of Lansdowne, Arnold... Read more
tarots tarots
tarots , playing cards that are used mainly for fortunetelling, sometimes called "the book of divination of the Gypsies." It is generally believed that the cards were introduced into Western Europe by the Gypsies in the mid-15th cent. There is much conjecture about their origin. The pack of 78... Read more
Ralph Hodgson Ralph Hodgson
Ralph Hodgson 1871-1962, English poet. He wrote five volumes of poetry before his collected poems appeared in 1917. After a silence of nearly 40 years—during which time he taught in Japan and emigrated to the United States—he published two more volumes. Hodgson treated his subject... Read more
David Merrick David Merrick
David Merrick 1912-2000, American theatrical producer, b. St. Louis, Mo., as David Margulois. Merrick began his remarkably successful series of theatrical productions in 1954 with Fanny, his first Broadway musical. Thereafter he presented more than 80 plays and musicals, including Gypsy (1959),... Read more

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