nomad

[ noh-mad ]

/ ˈnoʊ mæd /

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noun

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.

adjective

nomadic.

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Origin of nomad

1580–90; <Latin nomad-<Greek, stem of nomás pasturing flocks, akin to némein to pasture, graze

OTHER WORDS FROM nomad

no·mad·ism, nounnon·no·mad, noun, adjectivesem·i·no·mad, nounsem·i·no·mad·ism, noun

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How to use nomad in a sentence

Here they are semi-touching at a grocery store; she likes kombucha.
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Tiger Lily and her tribe, however, were outfitted in semi-realistic outfits (read: nearly naked).
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For the next hour and half I was the willing sex slave of a semi-professional Master I had met through a friend.
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After curing the elderly of their semi-suicidal depression, winning the White House must seem like a snap.
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Our troops have done all that flesh and blood can do against semi-permanent works, and they are not able to carry them.
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The stop-keys will be seen arranged in an inclined semi-circle overhanging and just above the keyboards.
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There are four types: bituminous (soft), anthracite (hard), semi-bituminous and semi-anthracite.
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There were semi-savage native chiefs, and there were others, like Aguinaldo himself, with humane instincts.
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The brilliant light of a policeman's torch sliced through the semi-darkness and spotted him.
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British Dictionary definitions for nomad

nomad

/ (ˈnəʊmæd) /

noun

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

Derived forms of nomad

nomadism, noun

Word Origin for nomad

C16: via French from Latin nomas wandering shepherd, from Greek; related to nemein to feed, pasture

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