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nomad

no·mad [ nṓ màd ] (plural no·mads)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. member of itinerant people: a member of a people who move seasonally from place to place to search for food and water or pasture for their livestock

2. wanderer: somebody who wanders from place to place

[Late 16th century. < French nomade< Greek nomas "wandering about to find pasture" < nemein "to pasture"]

no·mad·ic [ nō máddik ] adjective
no·mad·i·cal·ly [ nō máddikəlee ] adverb
no·mad·ism [ nṓ ma dìzzəm ] noun
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