nomad
noun/ˈnəʊmæd/
/ˈnəʊmæd/
- a member of a community that moves with its animals from place to place
- The Tuareg are the largest tribe of nomads in the desert.
- They were nomads who hunted game and tended their herds of cattle.
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French nomade, via Latin from Greek nomas, nomad- ‘roaming in search of pasture’, from the base of nemein ‘to pasture’.Definitions on the go
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