nomad

noun

1. A member of a society or class who herd animals from pasture to pasture with no fixed home.

   “The life of the people called the Nomads or Grazyers...”

   “Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal.”

2. (figuratively)Synonym of wanderer: an itinerant person.
3. (figuratively)A person who changes residence frequently.

   “Once again Judy was a nomad, moving to yet again another destination.”

   “I made my exit down I-75, heading south. After a 40-year odyssey as a media nomad, I will be closing the circle in a place where my life had never been better.”

   “Poise is the posture of the nomad, moving while always at home.”

4. (figuratively)A player who changes teams frequently.

   “With the recruitment of South Australian football nomad, and eventual legend of the game, Phil Matson, Subiaco would improve considerably in 1912.”

   “Unlike players who were often traded, baseball nomads who carried a hobo's bindle rather than a bat on their shoulders, Musial stayed put in St. Louis.”

   “Between 1996 and 2003, Lewis was a baseball nomad. At various times he signed contracts with San Diego, Detroit, Oakland, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, the New York Mets, Cleveland, and the Chicago Cubs.”

5. A dragonfly of Afroeurasia, Sympetrum fonscolombii.

adj

1. Synonym of nomadic.

name

1. A neighborhood of Manhattan, New York, United States.