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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024no•mad /ˈnoʊmæd/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Sociology, Anthropologya member of a people who have no permanent single place for living but move from place to place, usually within an established area.
- Sociologyany wanderer;
itinerant.
no•mad•ic, adj.: nomadic tribes. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024no•mad (nō′mad),USA pronunciation n. - Sociology, Anthropologya member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place, usually seasonally and often following a traditional route or circuit according to the state of the pasturage or food supply.
- Sociologyany wanderer;
itinerant.
adj. - Sociologynomadic.
- Greek, stem of nomás pasturing flocks, akin to némein to pasture, graze
- Latin nomad-
- 1580–90
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: nomad /ˈnəʊmæd/ n - a member of a people or tribe who move from place to place to find pasture and food
- a person who continually moves from place to place; wanderer
Etymology: 16th Century: via French from Latin nomas wandering shepherd, from Greek; related to nemein to feed, pastureˈnomadism n |