Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Nomad

Nomad , noun

[Latin nomas, -adis, Greek {not transcribed}, {not transcribed}, pasturing, roaming without fixed home, from {not transcribed} a pasture, allotted abode, from {not transcribed} to distribute, allot, drive to pasture; prob. akin to Anglo-Saxon niman to take, and English nimble: compare French nomade. Compare Astronomy, Economy, Nimble, Nemesis, Numb, Number.]

One of a race or tribe that has no fixed location, but wanders from place to place in search of pasture or game.

Nomad , adjective

Roving; nomadic.