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Nomades

A name given to people who had no fixed habitation, and who continually changed their place of residence in quest of fresh pastures for the cattle they tended.

There were Nomades in Scythia, India, Arabia, etc. The word is in constant use as Anglicized-Nomad-meaning anyone who leads a wandering and unsettled life.

Nomius (The Pasturer). A surname of divinities protecting the pastures and shepherds, such as Apollo, Pan, Hermes (Mercury), and Aristaeus.

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