semi-nomadicadj.
Cultural Anthropology.
Of a people, way of life, etc.: partially nomadic and partially settled. Frequently applied to a social group that depends largely on seasonal pasturing.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [adjective] > with no fixed aim or wandering > as a way of life
wanderingc1400
walking1491
vagrant1546
unsettled1593
Scenite1600
irresianta1657
nomad1798
nomadical1801
seatless1807
nomadic1818
nomade1819
semi-nomadic1843
nomad-pastoral1880
semi-nomad1948
the world > people > ethnicities > race > nomads > [adjective] > Gipsy or Romany > partially nomadic
semi-nomadic1843
semi-nomad1948
1843 J. C. Prichard Nat. Hist. Man xxx. 316 The Kafirs are associated together in large communities under chiefs, or kings... They are semi-nomadic, although living in towns of considerable size..which they occasionally move.
1918 G. Bell Let. 17 Mar. (1927) II. xvii. 450 They were men of the Ghazzi, a semi-nomadic tribe near Nasiriyeh.
1954 A. Koestler Invisible Writing x. 110 The natives were left to their semi-nomadic existence.
1960 J. Bright Hist. Israel ii. 73 The patriarchs..were semi-nomadic stockbreeders such as we know from the Tale of Sinuhe (twentieth century) or the Mari texts.
Derivatives
semi-ˈnomad adj. and n.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [adjective] > with no fixed aim or wandering > as a way of life
wanderingc1400
walking1491
vagrant1546
unsettled1593
Scenite1600
irresianta1657
nomad1798
nomadical1801
seatless1807
nomadic1818
nomade1819
semi-nomadic1843
nomad-pastoral1880
semi-nomad1948
the world > people > ethnicities > race > nomads > [noun] > Gipsies or Romanies > partially nomadic
semi-nomad1948
the world > people > ethnicities > race > nomads > [adjective] > Gipsy or Romany > partially nomadic
semi-nomadic1843
semi-nomad1948
1948 in D. Diringer Alphabet ii. iv. 277 Semi-nomad Arabs may have had their settlements round the natural wells from time immemorial.
1960 J. Bright Hist. Israel ii. 72 The patriarchs are portrayed as seminomads living in tents.
1972 Catholic Bibl. Q. Apr. 231 A seminomad sheep-farmer.
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