Meaning of Nomad | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A neighborhood of Manhattan, New York, United States.
2. A member of a society or class who herd animals from pasture to pasture with no fixed home.
3. Synonym of wanderer: an itinerant person.
   figuratively
4. A person who changes residence frequently.
   figuratively
5. A player who changes teams frequently.
   figuratively
6. A dragonfly of Afroeurasia, Sympetrum fonscolombii.

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Examples

“The life of the people called the Nomads or Grazyers...”

“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.”

“Once again Judy was a nomad, moving to yet again another destination.”

“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.”

“Poise is the posture of the nomad, moving while always at home.”

“With the recruitment of South Australian football nomad, and eventual legend of the game, Phil Matson, Subiaco would improve considerably in 1912.”

“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.”

“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.”

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