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seminomadic

  • a word derived from nomadic.
    nomadic
    adjective
    of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads.

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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

This trade was made possible largely by nomadic and seminomadic peoples such as the Sanhaja and Tuareg who acted as caravan leaders, merchants, and traders.

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