nomadize

present singular third person nomadizes · participle present nomadizing · participle past nomadized · past nomadized · alternative nomadise

1. intransitiveTo lead a nomadic life; to wander or roam without a fixed abode (often with domesticated animals).

   The Vogules nomadising in the circle of Tscherdyn

   1799, William Tooke, A View of the Russian Empire during the Reign of Catharine II and to the close of the present Century

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   The powerful tribe of Issasi, which nomadises within the limits of the Harrar principality, passes once a year across the river Havash, and so enters within the limits of the Danakili plain

   1897, W. E. Gowan (translating V. Fedoroff), “Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies”, in Journal of the Royal United Service Institution, volume 41, Obok and the Country Bordering on the Gulf of Tajura

   many Gypsies took jobs in the newly opened factories—in textile factories in Sliven, for example. Others continued to nomadize until well after World War II.

   2010, Donald Kenrick, The A to Z of the Gypsies (Romanies)