nomad
nomad
Definition
no·mad (nō′mad′)
noun
- a member of a tribe or people having no permanent home, but moving about constantly in search of food, pasture, etc.
- any wanderer who has no fixed home
Etymology: L nomas (gen. nomadis) < Gr, orig., roaming about for pasture < nemein, to pasture, orig., to distribute: see -nomy
adjective
nomadic; wandering
nomad
Synonyms
nomad
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- see: Two late goals finally saw Nomads run out winners.
- become: A mass of ex-slaves wandering around aimlessly for a few decades do not just become nomads!
- give: Keith Simpson giving the Nomads the lead in the first half.
- use: The ' bitter herbs ' were probably the wild desert plants the nomads used to season the meat.
- put: Twice during the first period Tommy Mutton spurned chances to put Nomads further ahead with Williams saving at his feet on both occasions.
Adjective modifier
- pastoral: The first four clan families are generally pastoral nomads.
- Arab: Those affected by the famine and forced to move southward are Arab nomads and other pastoral tribes.
- second: In the second half Nomads responded to the coaches l5: request for more passing movement with some very fluid play.
- few: This area is very high and desolate, with only a few nomads.
- Mongolian: Traditional hospitality ensured that I was invited into the felt tents of ' gers ' of Mongolian nomads.
Modifies a noun
- bee: A very small nomad bee found more commonly in the South of England.
- tribe: Desert Arabs, on the other hand, were the nomad tribes living in the desert who had a very crude culture.
- tent: Marrakech has always been a meeting place, first just a group of nomad tents, now a bustling city.
- family: My father was a mining engineer and, in manner of speaking we were a nomad family.
- people: The Midianites were a nomad people, wandering the dessert with their flocks.
- defense: Making another penetrating run deep into the Nomads defense, he slipped the ball to Forrest.
Noun used with modifier
- steppe: By these means, the steppe nomads were welded into a single ' Mongol ' people ( pp.
- desert: They wandered far South to the Arabian peninsular to dwell among the desert nomads; there Ishmael founded the Arabic people.
- Mrs: Alright, so I'm lying about the condoms but perhaps if Langney produced some, Mrs Nomad might take an interest in football.
nomad Quotes
No.Cost what it may I am determined to go East. The nomad'slife enthrallsme.Itsrestlessnesspursuesme: it is as much part of meas of thesailor. All parts and noneare home to me, and all arriving onlya new setting forth.
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