nomad

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A member of a group of people who move from place to place rather than living in one fixed home, often to find food or pasture for their animals.

   The desert nomads moved their camps with the seasons.

2. 2
   noun

   A person who frequently moves from one place to another.

   As a digital nomad, she works from a different country every month.

3. 3
   adj

   Moving from place to place; nomadic.

   They led a nomad life across the plains.

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.

Topics