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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]

nomad·ism, n. (Random House Webster's Unabridged)

 

 
 

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