Tribe Definition

trīb
tribes
noun
tribes
Esp. among preliterate peoples, a group of persons, families, or clans believed to be descended from a common ancestor and forming a close community under a leader, or chief.
Webster's New World
A group of this kind having recognized ancestry.
Webster's New World
A political, ethnic, or ancestral division of ancient states and cultures, especially:
American Heritage
Any group of people having the same occupation, habits, ideas, etc.
The tribe of drama critics.
Webster's New World
A taxonomic category that is a subdivision of a subfamily of plants or animals and consists of several closely related genera.
Webster's New World
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verb

To distribute into tribes or classes; to categorize.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Tribe

Noun

Singular:
tribe
Plural:
tribes

Origin of Tribe

  • Middle English from Old French tribu from Latin tribus division of the Roman people perhaps of Etruscan origin or possibly from tri- three trei- in Indo-European roots

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

  • From Middle English, from Old French tribu, from Latin tribus.

    From Wiktionary

Tribe Sentence Examples

  • The affairs of a tribe were ruled by a council of men past middle age.

  • A tribe living on the banks of the Nile between Wadi Halfa and Assuan are called Barabra.

  • In many cases it arranged the assemblies and ceremonial of the tribe; it regulated marriage, descent and relationship; it ordered blood feuds, it prescribed the rites of hospitality and so on.

  • South of the Drin is another complex mountain system, including the highlands inhabited by the Mirdites and the Mat tribe; among the principal summits are Deia Mazzuklit, Mal-i Vels, Kraba, Toli and Mnela.

  • Each tribe occupied a recognized territory, averaging perhaps a dozen square miles, and used a common dialect.

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Words Starting With

TTRTRI

Words Ending With

EBEIBE

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Words Starting With T and Ending With E

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