Definition of Semisedentary

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Semisedentary

semis
semisacred
semisatiric
semisatirical
semisatisfied
semisavage
semisavages
semischolarly
semiscientific
semiscripted
semisecrecy
semisecret
semisecretive
semisecretly
semisecular
semisedentary (current term)
semiserious
semiseriously
semises
semishrubby
semisimple
semiskilled
semiskilled(a)
semisoft
semisolid
semisolids
semisomnia
semispace

Literary usage of Semisedentary

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Anthropologist by American Anthropological Association (1902)
"... in the early half of the sixteenth century, indicate a sedentary or semisedentary people of no particular energy or accomplishments, living from hand to ..."

2. Navaho Houses by Cosmos Mindeleff (1898)
"... traversing from north to south a comparatively fertile valley, in the main advantageous for the subsistence of semisedentary bands in their migrations. ..."

3. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico V. 4/4 by Frederick Webb Hodge (2003)
"They are a semisedentary tribe, having fixed homes in regularly organized villages which they leave at regular seasons for purposes of hunting and fishing. ..."

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