| Pronunciation: | | 'nowmad
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| Matching Terms: | | noma, nomade, nomadian, nomadic, nomadic pastoralism, nomadism, nomadize, nomancy, nomarch, nomarchy
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [n] a member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons |
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| | See Also: | | Bedouin, Beduin, bird of passage, Bushman, Hun, roamer, rover, Saracen, Scythian, wanderer |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Nom"ad\, n. [L. nomas, -adis, Gr. ?, ?, pasturing,
roaming without fixed home, fr. ? a pasture, allotted abode,
fr. ? to distribute, allot, drive to pasture; prob. akin to
AS. niman to take, and E. nimble: cf. F. nomade. Cf.
{Astronomy}, {Economy}, {Nimble}, {Nemesis}, {Numb},
{Number}.]
One of a race or tribe that has no fixed location, but
wanders from place to place in search of pasture or game.
\Nom"ad\, a.
Roving; nomadic.
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| Computing Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | A database language. Version: NOMAD2 from must software International. ["NOMAD Reference Manual", Form 1004, National CSS Inc, Dec 1976]. |
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| | See Also: | | database, language |
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| Thesaurus Terms |
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| | Related Terms: | | Arab, Bedouin, Bohemian, circumforaneous, discursive, divagatory, drifting, errant, flitting, floating, footloose, footloose and fancy-free, fugitive, gadding, gypsy, gypsyish, gypsy-like, landloping, meandering, migrational, migratory, nomadic, rambling, ranging, roaming, Romany, roving, shifting, straggling, straying, strolling, traipsing, transient, transitory, transmigratory, tzigane, vagabond, vagrant, wandering, Zigeuner, zingaro |
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