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nounRom, Roma
A member of the Roma people; a Romani person.
‘The young married person becomes a Rom or a Romni.’- ‘In 1905, a Baltimore society girl secretly eloped with a Rom.’
- ‘Contrary to the popular conception, a Rom is not essentially a nomad.’
Origin
Mid 19th century Romani, ‘man, husband’, probably from Sanskrit ḍomba ‘wandering musician’, but also influenced by Byzantine Greek Rōmaios ‘Roman, citizen of Byzantine empire’, since the Roma formed into a distinct ethnic group within the Byzantine Empire.
abbreviation
ComputingRead-only memory.
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