[noh-mad] 
| 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. |
| 3. | nomadic. |
| no·mad (nō'mād') n.
[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. |
A way of life in which a community has no permanent settlement but moves from place to place, usually seasonally and within a defined territory. For hunting and gathering societies, nomadism does not imply aimless wandering, but suggests an organized rotation of settlements to ensure maximum use of available natural resources.