nomadize

[noh-ma-dahyz]

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verb (used without object), no·mad·ized, no·mad·iz·ing.

to live in the manner of a nomad.

verb (used with object), no·mad·ized, no·mad·iz·ing.

to cause (a person, tribe, etc.) to become nomadic.

Also especially British, no·mad·ise.

Origin of nomadize

First recorded in 1790–1800; nomad + -ize

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Related Words for nomadize

trek, shift, drift, roam, immigrate, emigrate, wander, voyage, transmigrate, leave, range, journey, rove, nomadize

British Dictionary definitions for nomadize

nomadize

nomadise

verb

(intr) to live as nomads

(tr) to make into nomads

(tr) to people (a place) with nomads

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