Who are the people that are referred to as THE TRAVELERS?

Question

I've heard this for years,just wondering??

Answer 1

Irish Gypsies.

Answer 2

Irish Gypsy's. In the UK they are commonly referred to as Didicoys or Dids, although the true meaning of this is a traveller that doesn`t have any Roma blood.

Answer 3

Viking and John B nailed it. When people use the term "Travelers", they are typically speaking of the Irish Gypsy.

Answer 4

Tinkers" redirects here. For other uses, see Tinkers (disambiguation).
Irish Travellers (Irish: Lucht siúlta) are an itinerant people of Irish origin living in Ireland, Great Britain and the United States. It is estimated that 25,000 Travellers live in Ireland, 15,000 in Great Britain and 7,000 in the United States [1].

They refer to themselves as "Pavees". For a time, Travellers were commonly referred to as the "Walking People" by English speakers in Ireland. In Irish, Travellers are called an Lucht siúil (literally "the people of walking"). Many non-Pavee people (or "Buffers", sometimes "Rooters") still use the terms Knackers, Pikeys or Tinkers [2] (derogatory, in this sense), from the Irish tincéirí, sg. tincéir or "tinsmith.
Found that on google!

Answer 5

Nomads

*nomads*:
Noun
1. A member of a group of people who have no fixed home and move according to the seasons from place to place in search of food, water, and grazing land.
2. A person with no fixed residence who roams about; a wanderer.

Answer 6

There gyspsie they usaly travel in House buses and thinh like that not very flash one They somthimes hold fairs when they stayingh at a place big or small

Answer 7

I have always heard this as a euphemism for Gypsies. I don't know if either name qualifies as courteous or "politically correct", so I apologize if I've offended anyone; it's certainly not my intent.

Answer 8

gypsies? aka roma?