nomadic
[noh-mad-ik]
- of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads.
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Origin of nomadic
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Contemporary Examples
So, he approached his nomadic friends to gauge their interest in the collaboration.
Some, like Pete, who McKell has become quite close with, have migrated to and from other types of nomadic communities.
In reality, the Iraqi borders had been arbitrarily drawn and disregarded 2,000 years of tribal, sectarian, and nomadic occupation.
Often, segregation is blamed on the Roma themselves, whom many accuse of not wanting to integrate due to a “nomadic culture.”
That warred-over political geography lie at the heart of man and legend—and the nomadic Apache world.
Historical Examples
The geography of Asia and of Africa necessitated a nomadic life.
Essays, First SeriesRalph Waldo Emerson
During the summer their reindeer are taken care of by the nomadic Lapps.
The Land of the Long NightPaul du Chaillu
The place was a great rendezvous for nomadic Lapps, and I found many of them.
The Land of the Long NightPaul du Chaillu
A tent of a nomadic Lapp was a model of cleanliness compared with this!
The Land of the Long NightPaul du Chaillu
He was a nomadic Lapp, but had come to visit his sister, who had married a Sea Lapp.
The Land of the Long NightPaul du Chaillu
nomadic
- relating to or characteristic of nomads or their way of life
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Word Origin and History for nomadic
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