Words & TermsWork, bush and rural life
grey nomad
An older person travelling extensively, commonly by caravan or motorhome.
In a sentence
They loaded the gear into the grey nomad.
Where it came from
The Australian National Dictionary Centre treats grey nomad as an Australian expression with a distinctive domestic travel sense.
- Initial era
- 1800–1899
- Where used
- Australian use; no narrower regional pattern established