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
verb
To distribute into tribes or classes; to categorize.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Tribe
Noun
Singular:
tribePlural:
tribesOrigin of Tribe
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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
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From Middle English, from Old French tribu, from Latin tribus.
From Wiktionary
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