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Version: NOMAD2 from Must Software International.
["NOMAD Reference Manual", Form 1004, National CSS Inc, Dec 1976].
(01 Mar 1995)
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One of a race or tribe that has no fixed location, but wanders from place to place in search of pasture or game.
Origin: 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.
Roving; nomadic.
(01 Mar 1998)
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