nomadic people

collocation in English

meaningsofnomadicandpeople

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nomadic
adjective
uk
/nəʊˈmæd.ɪk/us
/noʊˈmæd.ɪk/
moving from one place to another rather than living in one place all of ...
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people
noun[plural]
uk
/ˈpiː.pəl/us
/ˈpiː.pəl/
men, women, ...
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(Definition ofnomadicandpeoplefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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His experiences in guiding the first geologists around his desert domain gave him a thorough knowledge of thenomadicpeoplehe ruled.
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They were anomadicpeople.
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That has become necessary because there is no longer enough land to enablenomadicpeopleto lead a decent life without annoying other people.
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I do not believe that our proposals will necessarily exacerbate the difficulties whichnomadicpeoplealready experience.
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They are, moreover, strangely enough, for anomadicpeople, extremely adaptable.
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Nomadicpeoplecannot expect to be free of the constraints which affect other citizens or to have special privileges.
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Butnomadicpeoplehave to keep within the confines of the law.
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It shows remarkable adaptability on the part of a landnomadicpeoplethat they should thus take to maritime life.
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However, it would be wrong to suggest that crime is any higher among travelling ornomadicpeoplethan it is among other people.
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That includednomadicpeople, displaced persons and others.
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The provision of sites for the relatively small numbers ofnomadicpeoplein our society is a national problem and each area must play its part.
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These are essentiallynomadicpeopleand, even though they may move only 10 or 20 miles a day, they will be moving every day or every other day.
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The trouble is that reliable statistics are very hard to come by in such circumstances, and particularly in this case when a great many of those concerned arenomadicpeople.
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They werenomadicpeople, following the bison herds, and camping many places each year.
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The plan was another attempt to forcenomadicpeopleto settle.
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The province contains 14 districts, encompassing over 1,000 villages, and roughly 1.4 million settled andnomadicpeople.
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Living in one place allows people to accumulate more personal possessions thannomadicpeople.
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They were anomadicpeopleliving in small groups given the sparse resources available in the desert environment.
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