nomadic

Example Sentences

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The gangs are largely composed of ethnic Fulani people, who are traditionally nomadic herders.

From BBC

Every child in Mexico learns the story: During nomadic times, the Aztecs had a prophecy that they should settle in a place where they saw an eagle eating a snake while perched on a cactus.

From New York Times

Relentlessly “nomadic,” Americans nevertheless deeply value their ever-changing built environment, he says, and making public its history can be uplifting.

From Seattle Times

The change is due to the film’s usage of “Hottentot,” a derogatory term for the Khoikhoi — the traditionally nomadic pastoralist indigenous population of South Africa — originally used by Dutch settlers.

From Salon

In it, a derogatory term originally used by white Europeans about nomadic peoples in southern Africa is used to refer to soot-faced chimney-sweeps.

From BBC