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jmdict 2847951 Active (id: 2091601)

ノマドワーカーノマド・ワーカー
1. [n] Source lang: eng(wasei) "nomad worker"
▶ digital nomad
▶ location-independent (digital) worker
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2847952 ノマドワーク 1. location-independent (digital) work
  ⇐ see: 2847953 ノマドワーキング 1. working as a digital nomad; working independent of location



History:
4. A 2021-01-12 11:02:58  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
3. A* 2021-01-12 07:56:53  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Better?
  Diff:
@@ -13,0 +14 @@
+<gloss>location-independent (digital) worker</gloss>
2. A* 2021-01-12 07:55:06  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
a difference between a ノマドワーカー and a "digital nomad" that might be worth noting somehow is that when you're talking of "digital 
nomads" in English, you're generally talking about people living outside of their home countries in places like Thailand etc., but in 
Japan it's more of a "location independent person who works at cafes"
they're the same thing really, but...
1. A* 2021-01-12 07:43:20  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daijs, eij
also suggests "ノマド族" as a synonym, which is funny as you might assume it meant "nomad tribe"
I think ノマド just by itself now refers to digital nomads 9/10 in modern parlance. (see the image results)

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