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He has no settled occupation (5)

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gypsy

nomad

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'he has no settled occupation' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'he has no settled occupation' is the wordplay.
'he' becomes 'Ad'.
'has' says to put letters next to each other.
'no settled occupation' becomes 'nom' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'ad' after 'nom' is 'NOMAD'.

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(Other definitions for nomad that I've seen before include "Member of travelling people" , "A member of a wandering tribe" , "Unsettled type" , "Member of a wandering pastoral community" , "wandering type" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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