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no⋅mad
[noh-mad] 
–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
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.
[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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