Pronunciation Noun
nomad (plural nomads)
- (anthropology) A member of a society or class who herd animals from pasture to pasture with no fixed home.
- 1587, Philip Sidney & al. translating Philippe de Mornay as A Woorke Concerning the Trewnesse of the Christian Religion, viii, p. 113:
- The life of the people called the Nomads or Grazyers...
- 2013 August, Henry Petroski, "Geothermal Energy ↗" in American Scientist, Vol. 101, No. 4:
- 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.
- 1587, Philip Sidney & al. translating Philippe de Mornay as A Woorke Concerning the Trewnesse of the Christian Religion, viii, p. 113:
- (figuratively) Synonym of wanderer#English|wanderer: an itinerant person.
- (figuratively) A person who changes residence frequently.
- (figuratively, sports) A player who changes teams frequently.
- (wanderer) See Thesaurus:vagabond
- French: nomade
- German: Nomade, Nomadin
- Italian: nomade
- Portuguese: nômade
- Russian: коче́вник
- Spanish: nómada
nomad
- Synonym of nomadic#English|nomadic.
NoMad
Proper noun
- A neighborhood in Manhattan, New York.
- Madison Square North
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