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Nomad

One of a race or tribe that has no fixed location, but wanders from place to place in search of pasture or game.

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Bedouin 76% connected

One of the nomadic Arabs who live in tents, and are scattered over Arabia, Syria, and northern Africa, esp. in the deserts.

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Beduin 76% connected

See Bedouin.

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Bushman 76% connected

A woodsman; a settler in the bush.

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Hun 76% connected

One of a warlike nomadic people of Northern Asia who, in the 5th century, under Atilla, invaded and conquered a great part of Europe.

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Saracen 76% connected

Anciently, an Arab; later, a Mussulman; in the Middle Ages, the common term among Christians in Europe for a Mohammedan hostile to the crusaders.

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Scythian 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Scythia (a name given to the northern part of Asia, and Europe adjoining to Asia), or its language or inhabitants.

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Roamer 76% connected

One who roams; a wanderer.

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Rover 76% connected

One who practices robbery on the seas; a pirate.

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Wanderer 76% connected

One who wanders; a rambler; one who roves; hence, one who deviates from duty.

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