Definition of nomad

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no·mad    (nmd) KEY  

NOUN:

1. A member of a group of people who have no fixed home and move according to the seasons from place to place in search of food, water, and grazing land.
2. A person with no fixed residence who roams about; a wanderer.

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ETYMOLOGY:
French nomade, from Latin nomas , nomad-, from Greek nomas, wandering in search of pasture; see nem- in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
no·madic (Adjective), no·madi·cal·ly (Adverb), nomadism (Noun)

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