nomad

The definition of a nomad is a person or group of people without a designated home who roam around in search of food and pasture land.

(noun)

A person who moves from place to place without having a permanent home is an example of a nomad.

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See nomad in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. a member of a tribe or people having no permanent home, but moving about constantly in search of food, pasture, etc.
  2. any wanderer who has no fixed home

Origin: L nomas (gen. nomadis) < Gr, orig., roaming about for pasture < nemein, to pasture, orig., to distribute: see -nomy

adjective

nomadic; wandering

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See nomad in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A member of a group of people who have no fixed home and move according to the seasons from place to place in search of food, water, and grazing land.
  2. A person with no fixed residence who roams about; a wanderer.

Origin:

Origin: French nomade

Origin: , from Latin nomas, nomad-

Origin: , from Greek nomas, wandering in search of pasture; see nem- in Indo-European roots

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Related Forms:

  • no·madˈic adjective
  • no·madˈi·cal·ly adverb
  • noˈmadˌism noun

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