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  • noun Plural form of nomad.

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Examples

  • Issues which have yet to be resolved include exact border demarcations and who gets to vote in the Abyei referendum, with nomads from the north who use land in the disputed region, a particular point of contention.

    US Officials : No More Time to Waste for Referenda in Sudan 2010

  • Issues which have yet to be resolved include exact border demarcations and who gets to vote in the Abyei referendum, with nomads from the north who use land in the disputed region, a particular point of contention.

    US Officials : No More Time to Waste for Referenda in Sudan 2010

  • Since earliest antiquity hundreds of thousands of Bedouin nomads have ranged all over the vast desert lands southwest of Tapline's route.

    Pipe Lines—Canada and Elsewhere 1952

  • This was when they both wore long beards and wore head gear that mad them look like nomads from the Mongolian steeps.

    Hyphen Blog 2009

  • Securities and Exchange Commissioner Roel Campos compared AIM to a casino, the exchange has lost 13%, or 11, of its nominated advisers -- known as nomads -- as a result of the exchange tightening its requirements.

    AIM's Recent Steps Show 2007

  • This is the first time the LSE has fined one of the so-called nomads that operate on AIM -- a stock market with light-touch regulation that has attracted companies from around the world along with criticism from some U.S. regulators and politicians.

    AIM Fines Broker for Poor Conduct 2007

  • "The nomads are another problem, " Draspyr went on.

    Darkness Modesitt, L. E. 2003

  • "If the nomads are a disturbing force," Erannath inquired, "why do you allow them in your territory?"

    The Day of Their Return Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1973

  • "If the nomads are a disturbing force," Erannath inquired, "why do you allow them in your territory?"

    The Day Of Their Return Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1973

  • For there is not a single race of men, whether among barbarians or Greeks, or by whatever name they may be called, of those who live in wagons or are called nomads or of herdsmen living in tents, among whom prayers and thanksgivings are not offered through the name of the crucified Jesus to the Father and Maker of all things.

    A Source Book for Ancient Church History Joseph Cullen Ayer 1905

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