Nomad (noun)
no-mad
A member of a people that travels from place to place to find fresh pasture for its animals and has no permanent home. / A person who does not stay long in the same place; a wanderer.
Late 16th century from French nomade, via Latin from Greek nomas, nomad- ‘roaming in search of pasture’, from the base of nemein ‘to pasture’.
Example sentences
“She considered herself to be a nomad.”
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