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Vinony

nomad

noun

  1. member of a community of people who live in different locations, moving from one place to another
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈnəʊmæd/ / /ˈnoʊmæd/

adj

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.

  1. Synonym of nomadic.

name

Etymology: Blend of north + Madison. From being centered upon Madison Square North Historic District and being north of Madison Square Park.

  1. A neighborhood of Manhattan, New York, United States.

noun

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.

  1. 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...”

    “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. Synonym of wanderer: an itinerant person.
  3. A person who changes residence frequently.

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

    “I made my exit down I-75, heading south. After a 40-year odyssey as a media nomad, I will be closing the circle in a place where my life had never been better.”

  4. 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.”

    “Unlike players who were often traded, baseball nomads who carried a hobo's bindle rather than a bat on their shoulders, Musial stayed put in St. Louis.”

  5. A dragonfly of Afroeurasia, Sympetrum fonscolombii.