Nomadic

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nomadic \No*mad"ic\, a. [Gr. ?. See {Nomad}.]
     Of or pertaining to nomads, or their way of life; wandering;
     moving from place to place for subsistence; as, a nomadic
     tribe. -- {No*mad"ic*al*ly}, adv.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nomadic
       adj : (of groups of people) tending to travel and change
             settlements frequently; "a restless mobile society";
             "the nomadic habits of the Bedouins"; "believed the
             profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy
             future"; "wandering tribes" [syn: {mobile}, {peregrine},
              {roving}, {wandering}]