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• Gypsies
  ...exts it is still used to describe the Romany, it also describes those in [[English]] speaking countries who live a lifestyle similar to that of the Romany, or ...have come from [[Egypt]]". The OED records the first usage of the word in English as 1514, with several more in the same century, and that both [[Edmund Spen
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• Layman
  .../wiki/Laity ''laity''] comes from the [[Greek]] laikos which meant "of the people", "common" (common, in the [[meaning]] "unholy", "unclean" and similar). Th ...in_layman%27s_terms ''in layman’s terms''] has come into wide use in the [[English]] speaking world. To put something in layman’s terms is to describe a [[c
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• Hunger
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] hungor; akin to Old High German hungar hunger, Lithuanian kanka torture ...e most commonly used term to describe the [[social]] condition of [[Person|people]] (or [[organisms]]) who frequently [[experience]], or live with the threat
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• Ethnic
  ...n ethnicus, from [[Greek]] ethnikos national, gentile, from ethnos nation, people; akin to Greek ēthos [[custom]] ...ethnos, normally translated as "[[nation]]." The terms refer currently to people thought to have common [[ancestry]] who [[share]] a distinctive [[culture]]
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• Folk
  ...H.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] folc; akin to Old High German folc people ...ly]] referred to a "host of [[warriors]]". Compare Old Norse folk meaning "people" but more so "army" or "detachment", German Gefolge ("host"), and Lithuania
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• Lullaby
  ...Middle English]) + ''bye'', interjection used to lull a child, from Middle English ''by'' ...tion "Lilith – abi!" ["Lilith – begone"] which is a possible origin of the English word "lullaby".
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• Spell
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English]; akin to Old High German spel talk, tale ...pells into [[psychological]] [[magic]], which seeks to [[influence]] other people's [[minds]] to do the magician's will, such as with a [[love]] spell, or il
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• Neighborhood
  ...(akin to Old High German nāhgibūr); akin to Old English nēah near and Old English gebūr dweller — Neighbourhoods are typically generated by social [[interaction]] among people living near one another. In this sense they are local social [[units]] larg
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• Chinese
  *People who reside in and hold citizenship of the People's Republic of China (mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau) or the Republic o ...oups live in China that are officially recognized by the government of the People's Republic of China, such as Han, Zhuang, Manchu, Tibetans, and other estab
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• Shyness
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] scēoh; akin to Old High German sciuhen to [[frighten]] off ...pproached by other people, especially in new situations or with unfamiliar people. Shyness may come from [[genetic]] traits, the [[environment]] in which a [
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• Tandem
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''thæt'' that The [[English]] word "tandem" derives from the Latin adverb ''tandem'' meaning "at length
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• Zion
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English], [[citadel]] in [[Palestine]] which was the [[nucleus]] of [[Jerusalem]], ...ayin Zayin]. The commonly used form is an adopted mis-transliteration in [[English]] based on the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant Protestant] German
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• Suburb
  ...first recorded usage of the term in [[English]], according to the [[Oxford English Dictionary]], was made by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wycliffe John ...ps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_city inner city] areas, but in Australian English, "suburb" has become largely synonymous with what is called a "[[neighborho
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• Meadow
  ...N_PERIOD Old English] ''mǣdwe'', oblique case form of ''mǣd''; akin to Old English ''māwan'' to mow .../Grass grass] and other non-woody plants (grassland). The term is from Old English ''mædwe''. In [[agriculture]] a meadow is grassland which is not grazed by
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• Clerk
  ...n American English, this includes shop staff, but in British English, such people are known as shop assistants and are not considered to be clerks. Also, the
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• Fealty
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] feute, fealtye, from Anglo-French feelté, fealté, from [[Latin]] fidelit ...ipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages medieval Europe], fealty was sworn between two people, the obliged person (vassal) and a person of rank (lord). This was done as
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• Gullibility
  ...th century. The first attestation of ''gullibility'' known to the [[Oxford English Dictionary]] appears in 1793, and ''gullible'' in 1825. The OED gives gulli ...pear in the 1900 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_English_Dictionary New English Dictionary].
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• Egalitarian
  *2 : a social [[philosophy]] advocating the removal of inequalities among people ...ocial [[philosophy]] advocating the removal of economic inequalities among people.
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• Ageing
  '''Ageing''' (British English) or '''aging''' (American English) is the accumulation of [[changes]] in an [[organism]] or object over time. ...e distinguished from "social ageing" (cultural age-[[expectations]] of how people should act as they grow older) and "biological ageing" (an [[organism]]'s [
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• Native
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] natif, from Middle French, from [[Latin]] nativus, from natus, past partic ...fly Australian : having a usually superficial resemblance to a specified [[English]] plant or [[animal]]
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