[ noun ] a member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons <noun.person>
Nomad \Nom"ad\, n. [L. nomas, -adis, Gr. ?, ?, pasturing, roaming without fixed home, fr. ? a pasture, allotted abode, fr. ? to distribute, allot, drive to pasture; prob. akin to AS. niman to take, and E. nimble: cf. F. nomade. Cf. {Astronomy}, {Economy}, {Nimble}, {Nemesis}, {Numb}, {Number}.] One of a race or tribe that has no fixed location, but wanders from place to place in search of pasture or game.
Nomad \Nom"ad\, a. Roving; nomadic.
Droughts in this decade have wiped out most herds, putting an end to the nomad's wandering and livelihood.
I am appalled by the level of greed I encountered in dealing with that union." Like many superintendents, the 55-year-old Mr. Murphy started out as a teacher and became a nomad.
Our cities "have the feeling of nomad camps."
The primitive nomad tribes have for centuries encamped near Kandahar's satellite village of Argandab.