a member of a people that wanders from place to place, usu seasonally and within a well-defined territory
a person who wanders aimlessly from place to place
nomad adj
nomadic /nohʹmadik/ adj
nomadically /nohʹmadikli/ adv
nomadism noun
[via Latin from Greek nomad-, nomas roaming, member of a pastoral tribe, from nemein to graze]