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Synonyms for nomads

Grammar : Noun
Spell : noh-mad
Phonetic Transcription : ˈnoʊ mæd

Définition of nomads

Origin :
  • 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).
  • noun person who wanders from place to place
Example sentences :
  • A few people there were, hunters and nomads, living on wild honey and game.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • The nomads of Asia follow the pasturage from month to month.
  • Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Most inquirers are chiefly interested in the morals—or immorals—of these nomads.
  • Extract from : « The Gypsies » by Charles G. Leland
  • There was no place for them to live but in the caves or as nomads migrating with the animals.
  • Extract from : « Space Prison » by Tom Godwin
  • The Mongols, however, are nomads, and their villages are always on the move.
  • Extract from : « From Pole to Pole » by Sven Anders Hedin
  • Nomads are very skilful in choosing the places for their winter dwellings.
  • Extract from : « Beasts, Men and Gods » by Ferdinand Ossendowski
  • The victors were nomads, who did not care to occupy the land they had conquered.
  • Extract from : « The Story of Russia » by R. Van Bergen, M.A.
  • These nomads were a hybrid type of Araucans, Pehu-enches, and Aucas.
  • Extract from : « In Search of the Castaways » by Jules Verne
  • As nomads, ravenous and restless, the men from the West have come to us.
  • Extract from : « Creative Unity » by Rabindranath Tagore
  • Eventually a camel was discovered which some nomads were trying to dispose of.
  • Extract from : « Tartarin de Tarascon » by Alphonse Daudet

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