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nomade

nomade is the archaic form of nomad.

Meaning of nomad

Noun

nomad (plural nomads)

  1. A member of a society or class who herd animals from pasture to pasture with no fixed home.
    • 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
  2. (figuratively) Synonym of wanderer: an itinerant person.
    Synonyms:
    wanderer, vagabond
  3. (figuratively) A person who changes residence frequently.
    • Once again Judy was a nomad, moving to yet again another destination.2010, J. Knight, Unloved, →ISBN, page 58
  4. (figuratively) A player who changes teams frequently.
    • 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
  5. A dragonfly of Afroeurasia, Sympetrum fonscolombii.

See all 7 meanings of nomad

Forms of nomade

pluralnomades

Origin of nomade

From French nomade.

Questions about nomade

What is nomade the archaic form of?
Nomade is the archaic form of nomad.

Words near nomade in the dictionary

  1. nom.
  2. nom. action.
  3. noma
  4. noma pudendi
  5. nomad
  6. nomade
  7. nomades
  8. nomadian
  9. nomadians
  10. nomadic
  11. nomadic furniture

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