Nōm'ad, n.

n. [Gr. νομάς, νομάδος, pasturing, roaming without fixed home, from νομός, a pasture, from νέμειν, to pasture, graze, drive to pasture; Lat. nomas, nomadis. Fr., It., & Sp. nomade.] One of a race, or tribe, that has no fixed location, but wanders from place to place in search of game or pasture. [Sometimes written also nomade.]