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nomad

noun
/ˈnəʊmæd/UK/ˈnoʊmæd/US

Etymology

From Middle French nomade, from Latin Nomas (“wandering shepherd”), from Ancient Greek νομάς (nomás, “roaming, wandering, esp. to find pasture”), from Ancient Greek νομός (nomós, “pasture”). Compare Numidia.

  1. derived from νομάς
  2. derived from Nomas
  3. borrowed from nomade

Definitions

  1. A member of a society or class who herd animals from pasture to pasture with no fixed…

    A member of a society or class who herd animals from pasture to pasture with no fixed home.

    • The life of the people called the Nomads or Grazyers...

  2. Synonym of wanderer

    Synonym of wanderer: an itinerant person.

  3. A person who changes residence frequently.

    • Once again Judy was a nomad, moving to yet again another destination.
    • I made my exit down I-75, heading south. After a 40-year odyssey as a media nomad, I will be closing the circle in a place where my life had never been better.
    • Poise is the posture of the nomad, moving while always at home.
  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. A player who changes teams frequently.

      • With the recruitment of South Australian football nomad, and eventual legend of the game, Phil Matson, Subiaco would improve considerably in 1912.
      • Unlike players who were often traded, baseball nomads who carried a hobo's bindle rather than a bat on their shoulders, Musial stayed put in St. Louis.
      • Between 1996 and 2003, Lewis was a baseball nomad. At various times he signed contracts with San Diego, Detroit, Oakland, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, the New York Mets, Cleveland, and the Chicago Cubs.

    2. A dragonfly of Afroeurasia, Sympetrum fonscolombii.

    3. Synonym of nomadic.

    4. A neighborhood of Manhattan, New York, United States.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA