nomad
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no·mad

noun \ˈnō-ˌmad, British also ˈnä-\

Definition of NOMAD

1
: a member of a people who have no fixed residence but move from place to place usually seasonally and within a well-defined territory
2
: an individual who roams about
nomad adjective
no·mad·ism \ˈnō-ˌma-ˌdi-zəm\ noun

Examples of NOMAD

  1. He lived like a nomad for a few years after college, never holding a job in one place for very long.
  2. <after college she became quite the nomad, backpacking through Europe with no particular destination>

Origin of NOMAD

Latin nomad-, nomas member of a wandering pastoral people, from Greek, from nemein
First Known Use: 1579

Other Anthropology Terms

ectomorph, ethnography, prehistory, yurt

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