Berber definition

bûrbər
A member of a Muslim people of N Africa.
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A member of a North African, primarily Muslim people living in settled or nomadic tribes from Morocco to Egypt.
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Any of the Afro-Asiatic languages of the Berbers.
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The Afroasiatic language of this people.
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Of the Berbers or their language or culture.
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A member of a particular ethnic group indigenous to northwest Africa.
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A group of closely related Afroasiatic languages spoken in northern Africa, particularly Morocco and Algeria.
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Of the Berber people, their culture, or their language.
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Origin of berber

  • Arabic Barbar

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Berber Sentence Examples

  • After a time Abd-ar-rahman found that his life was threatened, and he fled farther west, taking refuge among the Berber tribes of Mauritania.

  • But from the fact that the bulk of the Tunisian population belongs to the Iberian section of the Berbers, and to this being no doubt the fundamental stock of most Italian peoples, the intermixture of the Italianized Berber with his African brother has not much affected the physique of the people, though it may have slightly tinged their mental characteristics.

  • In its collective industry the Berber race is far superior to the Arab.

  • Vacuuming is the best way to maintain a Berber carpet, but if the carpet gets a stain, use a carpet stain remover.

  • Installing Berber carpet tiles is as easy as installing vinyl tiles.

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