Irish Traveller

Meanings

nounIrish Traveller (plural Irish Travellers)

IrelandA member of an indigenous nomadic ethnic minority in Ireland, the Pavee.
My genes would best be described as a melting pot – my mother is part Bulgarian Roma, part Romanichal (English Romany), and my dad is part Romanichal, part Irish Traveller – thus, it was hardly surprising when I was born a blue-eyed milk bottle.
2013 October 25, Filip Borev, “I was a pale Roma baby – it's always been a family joke that I was stolen”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 12 Aug 2022
Synonyms: Gypsy, Minkier, Pavee, pavee, Pikie, pikie, Pikey, pikey

nounA member of an indigenous nomadic ethnic minority in Ireland, the Pavee.

Arabic رُحَّل أَيِرْلَنْدِيُون, اَلرُّحَّل اَلْأَيِرْلَنْدِيُون

رُحَّل أَيِرْلَنْدِيُون (ruḥḥal ʔayirlandiyūn)member of a minority in Ireland
اَلرُّحَّل اَلْأَيِرْلَنْدِيُون (ar-ruḥḥal al-ʔayirlandiyūn)member of a minority in Ireland

Chinese Mandarin 愛爾蘭流浪者 /爱尔兰流浪者

Finnish kiertolainen

Hebrew נַוָּדִים אִירִים

Irish duine den lucht siúil, taistealaí

Japanese アイリッシュ・トラヴェラー, パヴィー

Korean 아일랜드 유랑민

Russian ирла́ндские путеше́ственники

ирла́ндские путеше́ственники (irlándskije putešéstvenniki)member of a minority in Ireland

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APA

Irish Traveller. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Irish%20Traveller

MLA

“Irish Traveller.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Irish%20Traveller. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Irish Traveller,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Irish%20Traveller.