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nomad

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
nomad /ˈnə(ʊ)mad/

▶noun a member of a people that continually moves to find fresh pasture for its animals and has no permanent home.

■ a wanderer.

– derivatives
nomadism noun.

– origin C16: from Fr. nomade, via L. from Gk nomas, nomad- (adj.), from the base of nemein ‘to pasture’.

'nomad' also found in these Oxford entries:

Cossack - nomadic - Saracen

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