nomad
a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place, usually seasonally and often following a traditional route or circuit according to the state of the pasturage or food supply.
any wanderer; itinerant.
Origin of nomad
1Other words from nomad
- no·mad·ism, noun
- non·no·mad, noun, adjective
- sem·i·no·mad, noun
- sem·i·no·mad·ism, noun
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How to use nomad in a sentence
No, instead of the global nomads, Sinatra filled his 707 with his regiment of musicians and his best local buddies.
This year, the artist revisited Nomads for a public art project with More Art called Residents of New York.
Some, like the Ait Atta nomads, still migrate throughout the year.
Beginning in December 2006 the nomads took at least $81,000 worth of private jet travel.
The Prosecution Rests: Trial Now in Edwards Defense Team's Hands | Diane Dimond | May 10, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe bit with the nomads in the woods and the dog, it is such a surreal moment, with him putting the bones in his pocket.
This is what makes nomads of the Savages, and prevents them from remaining long in one place.
Finally he came to a clearing and stopped at an Arab village, where he met a great number of the diminutive nomads.
Man And His Ancestor | Charles MorrisTsampa can be obtained everywhere in Tibet, though it is easier to get it in the villages than from the tents of the nomads.
Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 | Charles Kenneth Howard-BuryThere was no place for them to live but in the caves or as nomads migrating with the animals.
Space Prison | Tom GodwinThis is the rock on which attempts to introduce agriculture among savages or nomads have usually been shipwrecked.
The New Stone Age in Northern Europe | John M. Tyler
British Dictionary definitions for nomad
/ (ˈnəʊmæd) /
a member of a people or tribe who move from place to place to find pasture and food
a person who continually moves from place to place; wanderer
Origin of nomad
1Derived forms of nomad
- nomadism, noun
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