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no⋅mad

  [noh-mad]
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–noun
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.
–adjective
3. nomadic.
Origin:
1580–90; < L nomad- < Gk, s. of nomás pasturing flocks, akin to némein to pasture, graze

Related forms:
no⋅mad⋅ism, noun
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no·mad   (nō'mād')   
n.  

  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.


[French nomade, from Latin nomas, nomad-, from Greek nomas, wandering in search of pasture; see nem- in Indo-European roots.]
no·mad'ic adj., no·mad'i·cal·ly adv., no'mad'ism n.
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Word Origin & History

nomad 
1555, from M.Fr. nomade, from L. Nomas (gen. Nomadis) "wandering groups in Arabia," from Gk. nomas (gen. nomados, pl. nomades) "roaming, roving, wandering" (to find pastures for flocks or herds), related to nomos "pasture," lit. "land allotted," and to nemein "put to pasture," originally "deal out," from PIE base *nem- "to divide, distribute, allot" (see nemesis).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Computing Dictionary

NOMAD language, database
A database language.
Version: NOMAD2 from Must Software International.
["NOMAD Reference Manual", Form 1004, National CSS Inc, Dec 1976].
(1995-04-01)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
NOMAD
Navy Oceanographic Meteorological Association
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