{i} wanderer; member of a tribe that relocates seasonally in order to find better resources (e.g. pastureland, water, etc.)
A nomad is a member of a group of people who travel from place to place rather than living in one place all the time. a country of nomads who raise cattle and camels. a member of a tribe that travels from place to place instead of living in one place all the time, usually in order to find grass for their animals (nomas, from , from nemein )
An individual, often a member of a group, who migrates from place to place In Central Asia, the nomadic way of life is often attributed to the ability to feed horses and livestock
a person who belongs to a group of people who have no permanent home, but wander from place to place searching for water, food, or grazing land
Way of life of peoples who do not live continually in the same place but move cyclically or periodically. It is based on temporary centres whose stability depends on the available food supply and the technology for exploiting it. A hunting and gathering society is a type of nomadic group. Pastoral nomads, who depend on domestic livestock, migrate in an established territory to find pasture for their animals. Tinker or trader nomads, such as the Roma (Gypsies; see Rom) and the Irish and Scottish Travellers, are associated with a larger society but maintain their mobile way of life. Nomadism declined in the 20th century as urban centres expanded and governments sought to regulate or eliminate it
people with no fixed residence who wander from place to place, usually following a seasonal pattern in a fixed territory, in pursuit of their food and water supply or way of life
[ nO-"mad, British also n ] (noun.) 1579. From Middle French nomade, from Latin nomas (genitive nomadis (“wandering shepherd”)), from Ancient Greek νομάς (nomas, “roaming, roving, wandering (to find pastures for flocks or herds)”), related to Ancient Greek νομός (nomos, “pasture”).