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| 1. | [ adjective ] (of groups of people) tending to travel and change settlements frequently | |
| Synonyms: | mobile wandering peregrine nomadic | |
| Examples: | "a restless mobile society" "the nomadic habits of the Bedouins" "believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future" "wandering tribes" |
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| Related terms: | unsettled | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (transportation) travelling about without any clear destination | |
| Synonyms: | vagabondage wandering | |
| Examples: | "she followed him in his wanderings and looked after him" |
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| Related terms: | peregrination drifting wander | |
| Similar spelling: |
roping roofing robbins raving robinson Robins |
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