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nomad - What does it mean?

Definition of 'nomad'

English

Noun

(wikipedia) (en-noun)
  • A member of a group of people who, having no fixed home, move around seasonally in search of food, water and grazing etc.
  • * {{quote-magazine|year=2013|month=July-August|author=(Henry Petroski)
    • |title= Geothermal Energy |volume=101|issue=4|magazine=(American Scientist) |passage=Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads , wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal.}}
  • A wanderer.

    • Derived terms

    * grey nomad * nomade * nomadic * nomadism

    Anagrams

    * * ---- ==Serbo-Croatian==

    Noun

    • Declension

    {{sh-decl-noun |nòm?d|nomadi |nomáda|nomada |nomadu|nomadima |nomada|nomade |nomade|nomadi |nomadu|nomadima |nomadom|nomadima }}

    Similar to 'nomad'

    named, nonad, nommed, nonodd, nonaid, nouned, nanoid, nimmed, nomeid, nonmud, nimnod, nooned