nomad

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   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. 2
   noun

   A person who changes residence frequently.

   Once again Judy was a nomad, moving to yet again another destination.

3. 3
   noun

   A player who changes teams frequently.

   With the recruitment of South Australian football nomad, and eventual legend of the game, Phil Matson, Subiaco would improve considerably in 1912.

4. 4
   noun

   a member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons

5. 5
   noun

   Synonym of wanderer: an itinerant person.

6. 6
   noun

   A dragonfly of Afroeurasia, Sympetrum fonscolombii.

7. 7
   adj

   Synonym of nomadic.

8. 8
   name

   A neighborhood of Manhattan, New York, United States.

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.