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Berber definition

Ber·ber (bʉr′bər)

noun

  1. a member of a Muslim people of N Africa
  2. the Afroasiatic language of this people

Etymology: Ar, earlier Barbar < L Barbari < Gr barbaroi, lit., foreigners, barbarians: see barbarous

adjective

of the Berbers or their language or culture

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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