Nomad

Origin

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").

Noun

1. A member of a group of people who, having no fixed home, move around seasonally in search of food, water and grazing etc.
• 2013, Henry Petroski, Geothermal Energy, Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal.
2. A wanderer.

Derived terms

• grey nomad
• nomade
• nomadic
• nomadism

Anagrams

• Damon
• monad