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no·mad
,
n.
1. a 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.
2. any wanderer; itinerant.
–adj.
3. nomadic.
[1580–90; < L nomad- < Gk, s. of nomás
pasturing flocks, akin to némein to pasture, graze]
—no mad·ism,
n.
(Random House Webster's Unabridged)
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