nomadic
adjective
of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads.
seminomadic
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a word derived from
nomadic.
Example Sentences
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Brown explained it's a disease of "poverty, dispossession and powerlessness", from what was a seminomadic lifestyle, now becoming reliant on processed foods.
From Reuters ● Oct. 11, 2023
There, they find a place to celebrate their seminomadic culture without facing discrimination.
From New York Times ● Jul. 17, 2023
Those precepts had limitations, however, especially when it came to securing the territory against the increased power of the seminomadic steppe peoples, who were now adopting the technology and lifestyle of their more settled neighbors.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
More traditional seminomadic peoples from the sparsely settled semiarid grasslands and mountains to the north of China’s borders, such as the Khitan Liao and the Xia, seized control of many former Tang domains.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
In the seventeenth century they acquired steel tools, and used them to make the return journey from seminomadic hunter-gatherers to agriculturalists who lived in more or less permanent villages.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
