4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nomad  \Nom"ad\,  a. 
  Roving;  nomadic. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nomad  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  nomad 
  n  :  a  member  of  a  people  how  have  no  permanent  home  but  move 
  about  according  to  the  seasons 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  NOMAD 
 
    A  {database}  language. 
 
  Version:  NOMAD2  from  {Must  Software}  International. 
 
  ["NOMAD  Reference  Manual",  Form  1004,  National  CSS  Inc,  Dec 
  1976]. 
 
  (1995-04-01) 
 
 

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