Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Wandering; roving; leading the life of a nomad: specifically applied to pastoral tribes that have no fixed abode, but wander about from place to place according to the state of the pasturage.
- Figuratively, wandering; changeable; unsettled.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to nomads, or their way of life; wandering; moving from place to place for subsistence.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of, or relating to
nomads - adjective leading a
wandering life with no fixedabode ;peripatetic ,itinerant
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- adjective migratory
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Examples
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In Romantic poetry, for instance, and its Victorian derivations and attenuations, anything nomadic is anticipated by the sporadic: those irregular phonemic rhythms entrained to signification in the first place — but not entirely enchained there.
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I also note, incidentally, that certain nomadic hunter-gatherers had ritualistic ways of handling serious conflicts between male members, meant to prevent them from going lethal and triggering a series of retaliatory killings between family members.
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A kind of time and place that is sort of nonspecific -- but definitely I think the word nomadic is essential.
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Better known as nomadic tent-dwelling herders, Mongolians now are stockholders in a coal company that is one of the coming year's hotly anticipated initial public offerings.
Mining Boom Fuels New Mongol Hoard James T. Areddy 2011
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Doug Kanter/Bloomberg Better known as nomadic tent-dwelling herders, Mongolians now are stockholders in a coal company that is one of the coming year's most hotly anticipated initial public offerings.
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She was come as a part of a delegation from her people; one of the ragtag nomadic bands that roam the mountains to the north and east.
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Better known as nomadic tent-dwelling herders, Mongolians now are stockholders in a coal company that is one of the coming year's hotly anticipated initial public offerings.
Mining Boom Fuels New Mongol Hoard James T. Areddy 2011
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Doug Kanter/Bloomberg Better known as nomadic tent-dwelling herders, Mongolians now are stockholders in a coal company that is one of the coming year's most hotly anticipated initial public offerings.
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Nobility in Somali nomadic culture is synonymous with self-restraint, with resilience.
Nomad Ayaan Hirsi Ali 2010
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Nobility in Somali nomadic culture is synonymous with self-restraint, with resilience.
Nomad Ayaan Hirsi Ali 2010
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