单词 | nomades |
释义 | nomadesn. Now rare. 1. Nomadic peoples. Also in extended use.Some examples here may illustrate the plural of nomade and may therefore have a disyllabic pronunciation. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > race > nomads > [noun] nomadesa1544 Scenite1575 nomad1587 horde1617 nomade1798 the world > people > ethnicities > race > nomads > [noun] > types of nomads nomadesa1544 horde1555 Strandlooper1935 the world > people > ethnicities > race > nomads > [noun] > Gipsies or Romanies > collectively nomadesa1544 the world > people > ethnicities > race > nomads > [noun] > Gipsies or Romanies > collectively > mentioned by ancient writers nomadesa1544 a1544 R. Barlow tr. M. Fernández de Enciso Brief Summe Geogr. (1932) 74 The batrians hath on the orient the sacas and the nomades and the messagetas, the which dothe enhabit in caves. ?1556 N. Smyth in tr. Herodian Hist. sig. Ff iii Thinhabitauntes are called Numidians, or Nomades, because yt often tymes..chaunge theyr habitations. 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man sig. Biij True it is also that the Scythians, named Nomades, are very corpulent. 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. 402 They keepe a great way asunder, and wander like unto the Nomades. a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Richard II ccxcix, in Poems (1878) III. 211 Like the Race Of Nomades, wee shift from place to place. 1682 J. P. tr. H. Ludolf New Hist. Ethiopia i. ii. 12 The wandering Ethiopians, which the Ancients called Numades [L. Nomades] and Troglodytes. 1683 A. Behn Young King i. ii. 9 This is that gallant man whose single valour Has gain'd the Victory over the Nomades. 1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. i. 10 The Sabæan Arabs, like all other Nomades or Scenites,..ranging about with Tents, Families and Droves. 1745 Philos. Trans. 1744–5 (Royal Soc.) 43 138 Living..without Houses..was the Custom of the Nomades, Troglodytæ, Numidians, and many other barbarous Nations of old. 1764 T. Harmer Observ. Passages Script. xvi. §16. 422 The ancient Nomades, or the present Arabs. 1835 W. Irving Tour on Prairies i The Pawnees, the Comanches, and other fierce..tribes, the nomades of the prairies. 1851 Amer. Whig Rev. Sept. 190/1 Their general appellation among themselves was Scoloti, but the Greeks called them Scythians, Scuthoi, or Nomades. 1880 Scribner's Monthly May 159/1 O Nomades..Maecenas' marble frieze Stand not between you and the sky. 1946 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Compl. Poems (1993) I. 879 Do not the Slavonic designation ‘niemetz’ And the corresponding Hungarian..‘nemet’ Lead us right back to..the ancient name—Nomades? ΚΠ c1630 G. Sandys Paraphr. Psalms (1636) lxxxiii. 136 Idumæans, who in Nomades stray, And shaggy Ismaelites, that live by prey. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1544 |
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