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NOMAD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nomad mean?
• NOMAD (noun)
The noun NOMAD has 1 sense:
1. a member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons
Familiarity information: NOMAD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("nomad" is a kind of...):
bird of passage; roamer; rover; wanderer (someone who leads a wandering unsettled life)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nomad"):
Bedouin; Beduin (a member of a nomadic tribe of Arabs)
Bushman; Khoisan (nomadic hunters and gatherers who live in southern Africa)
Hun (a member of a nomadic people who invaded Europe in the 4th century)
Saracen ((historically) a member of the nomadic people of the Syrian and Arabian deserts at the time of the Roman Empire)
Scythian (a member of the ancient nomadic people inhabiting Scythia)
Context examples
The true nature of this enigmatic interstellar nomad may remain a mystery.
(ESO’s VLT Sees `Oumuamua Getting a Boost, ESO)
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