Nomad
adj, name, noun ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 A member of a society or class who herd animals from pasture to pasture with no fixed home.
"The life of the people called the Nomads or Grazyers..."
- 2 a member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons wordnet
- 3 Synonym of wanderer: an itinerant person. figuratively
- 4 A person who changes residence frequently. figuratively
"Once again Judy was a nomad, moving to yet again another destination."
- 5 A player who changes teams frequently. figuratively
"With the recruitment of South Australian football nomad, and eventual legend of the game, Phil Matson, Subiaco would improve considerably in 1912."
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- 6 A dragonfly of Afroeurasia, Sympetrum fonscolombii.
- 1 Synonym of nomadic.
- 1 A neighborhood of Manhattan, New York, United States.
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More examples"To an adherent of the Paleo diet, a bean salad is considered a menace to the universe to the likes of Nomad, an indestructible planet-destroying space probe from the original Star Trek series."
Etymology
From Middle French nomade, from Latin Nomas (“wandering shepherd”), from Ancient Greek νομάς (nomás, “roaming, wandering, esp. to find pasture”), from Ancient Greek νομός (nomós, “pasture”). Compare Numidia.
Blend of north + Madison. From being centered upon Madison Square North Historic District and being north of Madison Square Park.
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