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nomad

Pronunciation: /ˈnəʊmad/

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Definition of nomad

noun

a member of a people that travels from place to place to find fresh pasture for its animals and has no permanent home: the withering of their grasslands forced the nomads of the Sahara to descend into the Nile valley the nomads who roam the borderlands of Afghanistan [as modifier]:the Magyars were a nomad people of the steppes
a person who does not stay long in the same place; a wanderer: Dolly was a nomad who had finally taken root in Hawaii

Derivatives

nomadism

Origin:

late 16th century: from French nomade, via Latin from Greek nomas, nomad- 'roaming in search of pasture', from the base of nemein 'to pasture'

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