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Definition of nomad noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

nomad

noun
 
/ˈnəʊmæd/
 
/ˈnəʊmæd/
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  1. 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.
    see also digital nomad
    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’.
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