Cariban

Variant of Carib

Carib definition

Carib (kar′ib)

noun

  1. a member of an Indian people that formerly inhabited the S West Indies and the N coast of South America, where some members of this people still remain
  2. the family of languages of the Caribs

Etymology: AmSp < Sp caribe, caribal, altered < canibal: see cannibal

Related Forms:

  • Cariban Car′·iban adjective, noun

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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