From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Nomad \Nom"ad\, n. [L. nomas, -adis, Gr. ?, ?, pasturing,
roaming without fixed home, fr. ? a pasture, allotted abode,
fr. ? to distribute, allot, drive to pasture; prob. akin to
AS. niman to take, and E. nimble: cf. F. nomade. Cf.
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.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Nomad \Nom"ad\, a.
Roving; nomadic.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nomad
n 1: a member of a people who have no permanent home but move
about according to the seasons
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008) [foldoc]:
NOMAD
<language, database> A database language.
Version: NOMAD2 from Must Software International.
["NOMAD Reference Manual", Form 1004, National CSS Inc, Dec
1976].
(1995-04-01)