Nomad
[noh-mad] /ˈnoʊ mæd/
noun
1.
a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place, usually seasonally and often following a traditional route or circuit according to the state of the pasturage or food supply.
2.
any wanderer; itinerant.
adjective
3.
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/ˈnəʊmæd/
noun
1.
a member of a people or tribe who move from place to place to find pasture and food
2.
a person who continually moves from place to place; wanderer
n.
1550s, from Middle French nomade (16c.), from Latin Nomas (genitive Nomadis) “wandering groups in Arabia,” from Greek nomas (genitive nomados, plural nomades) “roaming, roving, wandering” (to find pastures for flocks or herds), related to nomos “pasture, pasturage, grazing,” literally “land allotted,” and to nemein “put to pasture,” originally “deal out,” from PIE root *nem- “to divide, distribute, allot” (see nemesis).
language, database
A database language.
Version: NOMAD2 from Must Software International.
[“NOMAD Reference Manual”, Form 1004, National CSS Inc, Dec 1976].
(1995-04-01)
Navy Oceanographic Meteorological Association
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