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nomads

nomads is the plural 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.

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Phrases with nomads

Questions about nomads

What is nomads the plural of?
Nomads is the plural of nomad.

Words near nomads in the dictionary

  1. nomadologically
  2. nomadologies
  3. nomadologist
  4. nomadologists
  5. nomadology
  6. nomads
  7. nomadship
  8. nomady
  9. noman
  10. noman's
  11. noman's land

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