n. & adj.
--n.
1. a member of a tribe roaming from place to place for pasture.
2 a wanderer.
--adj.
1. living as a nomad.
2 wandering.
Derivatives:
nomadic adj. nomadically adv. nomadism n. nomadize v.intr. (also -ise).
Etymology: F nomade f. L nomas nomad- f. Gk nomas -ados f. nemo to pasture