Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Nomad"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Nomad \Nom"ad\, a.
Roving; nomadic.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Nomad \Nom"ad\, n. [L. nomas, -adis, Gr. ?, ?, pasturing,
roaming without fixed home, fr. ? a pasture, allotted abode,
fr. ? to distribute, allot, drive to pasture; prob. akin to
AS. niman to take, and E. nimble: cf. F. nomade. Cf.
{Astronomy}, {Economy}, {Nimble}, {Nemesis}, {Numb},
{Number}.]
One of a race or tribe that has no fixed location, but
wanders from place to place in search of pasture or game.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
nomad
n : a member of a people who have no permanent home but move
about according to the seasons
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