Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
From Middle French nomade, from Latin Nomas (“wandering shepherd”), from Ancient Greek νομάς (nomás, “roaming, wandering, esp. to find pasture”), from Ancient Greek νομός (nomós, “pasture”). Compare Numidia.
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From Middle French nomade, from Latin Nomas (“wandering shepherd”), from Ancient Greek νομάς (nomás, “roaming, wandering, esp. to find pasture”), from Ancient Greek νομός (nomós, “pasture”). Compare Numidia.
Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal.2013 August, Henry Petroski, “Geothermal Energy”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4:
The life of the people called the Nomads or Grazyers...1587, Philippe de Mornay, translated by Philip Sidney et al., A Woorke Concerning the Trewnesse of the Christian Religion, viii, p. 113:
I made my exit down I-75, heading south. After a 40-year odyssey as a media nomad, I will be closing the circle in a place where my life had never been better.2014, Dan Lovett, Anybody Seen Dan Lovett?: Memoirs of a media nomad, →ISBN, page 10:
Once again Judy was a nomad, moving to yet again another destination.2010, J. Knight, Unloved, →ISBN, page 58:
Poise is the posture of the nomad, moving while always at home.2016, Daniel Coffeen, Reading the Way of Things: Towards a New Technology of Making Sense, →ISBN:
With the recruitment of South Australian football nomad, and eventual legend of the game, Phil Matson, Subiaco would improve considerably in 1912.2008, John Devaney, Full Points Footy's WA Football Companion, →ISBN, page 282:
Unlike players who were often traded, baseball nomads who carried a hobo's bindle rather than a bat on their shoulders, Musial stayed put in St. Louis.2014, Wayne Stewart, Stan the Man: The Life and Times of Stan Musial, →ISBN, page 49:
Between 1996 and 2003, Lewis was a baseball nomad. At various times he signed contracts with San Diego, Detroit, Oakland, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, the New York Mets, Cleveland, and the Chicago Cubs.2015, Pete Cava, Indiana-Born Major League Baseball Players, →ISBN:
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vagabond (wanderer) · wanderer
hi बंजारा (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · kmr revend (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · ckb ڕەوەند (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · it nomade (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · hu nomád (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · lt klajoklis (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · ro nomadă (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · vo jinomad (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · uk кочівни́ця (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · ru коче́вница (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · ckb کۆچەر (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · cs kočovník (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · pl koczowniczka (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · ka მომთაბარე (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · sw mtu wa kuhamahama (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · be качэ́ўніца (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · grc νομάς (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · arz بدوي (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · bo འབྲོག་པ (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · cs nomád (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · kmr koçer (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · de Nomadin (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · th ผู้เร่ร่อน (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · gl nómade (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · bo འབྲོག་མོ (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · el νομάδας (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · ky көчмөнчү (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · eo nomado (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · mn нүүдэлчин (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · ru нома́д (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · pl koczownik (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · tr göçmen (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · ko 유목민 (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · be качэ́ўнік (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · ar بَدَوِيّ (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · rup numad (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · cy nomad (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · fr nomade (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · cop ⲣⲉⲙⲛϫⲱⲓⲗⲓ (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · nl nomade (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · sw mhamahamaji (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · ky көчмөн (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · ca nòmada (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · tr göçer (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · sv nomad (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · th คนพเนจร (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · bg нома́д (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · kk көшпенді (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · ja 遊牧民 (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · pt nômade (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · he נווד (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · ml നാടോടി (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · kk көшпелі (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · cy nomadiaid (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · tg бодиягард (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · vo nomad (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · tr göçebe (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · uk кочівни́к (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · fi paimentolainen (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · tg кӯчманчӣ (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · sk nomád (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · izh kocevnikka (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · fa کوچنشین (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · rup numadã (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · uz koʻchmanchi (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · vo hinomad (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · ro nomad (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · de Nomade (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · da nomade (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · hy քոչվոր (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · es nómada (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · is hirðingi (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · ta நாடோடி (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · acw بَدَوي (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · mk номад (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · ru коче́вник (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · az köçəri (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · sk kočovník (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · sh nòmād (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · cmn 游牧民 (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · et nomaad (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · fi nomadi (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · sh но̀ма̄д (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · pl nomada (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · xal нүүдлчн (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) · vi người dân du mục (a member of society or class who wander with their herds)